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Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

Strogatz, Steven

Paperback

CalculusExplorationGeneral Mathematics

Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 0358299284
ISBN13: 9780358299288
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: Apr 14 2020
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.70
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.40 Depth: 7.60
Language: English
From preeminent math personality and author of The Joy of x, a brilliant and endlessly appealing explanation of calculus--how it works and why it makes our lives immeasurably better.

Without calculus, we wouldn't have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn't have unraveled DNA or discovered Neptune or figured out how to put 5,000 songs in your pocket.

Though many of us were scared away from this essential, engrossing subject in high school and college, Steven Strogatz's brilliantly creative, down-to-earth history shows that calculus is not about complexity; it's about simplicity. It harnesses an unreal number--infinity--to tackle real-world problems, breaking them down into easier ones and then reassembling the answers into solutions that feel miraculous.

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