In the second edition of his popular text APPLIED MATHEMATICS FOR THE MANAGERIAL, LIFE, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, Soo Tan builds on the features that have made his books market leaders--a real-life, problem-solving approach, a concise writing style, and wealth of interesting and illustrative applications. The author provides plenty of pedagogical tools to help students understand and comprehend the material, and he now includes innovative use of technology that is optional but integrated throughout the book. Tan is also well-known for his ability to present quantitative techniques in an intuitive and accessible yet accurate manner. --This text refers to the Spiral-bound edition.