Maurer (mathematics, Swarthmore College) and Ralston (computer science and mathematics, State University of New York-Buffalo) emphasize algorithmics and the inductive and recursive paradigms as central mathematical themes in this third edition of an undergraduate text, now revised for a one-semester course. Examples from natural and social sciences are included along with applications in mathematics and computer science. This third edition contains extended and new discussions of order notation, generating functions, chaos, aspects of statistics, and computational biology. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)