Dennis C. Runde has a B.S. degree and an M.S. degree in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin—Platteville and Milwaukee, respectively. He has a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of South Florida. He has been teaching for more than twenty-five years at State College of Florida—Manatee-Sarasota. His interests include reading, history, fishing, canoeing, and cooking. He and his wife Kristin stay busy keeping up with their three sons—Alex, Nick, and Max. Source: [About the Author](https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Survey_of_Mathematics_with_Application.html?id=iq55CwAAQBAJ)