Quoting from the inside cover: "Intended for a one-semester course, this text covers groups, rings, the integers, integral domains and fields, polynomials, and the real numbers. There is sufficient material for an introductory course in modern algebra or a course in the development of the real number system from Peano's Postulates. The book is especially readable for beginners. furthermore, the level of the material makes the book suitable for a beginning course for either mathematics majors or prospective teachers."