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Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe – A Revolutionary History from Ancient Greece to Moder

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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 yo...

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Marque
GENERIC
Titre
Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe – A Revolutionary History from Ancient Greece to Modern Technology
Éditeur
Mariner Books
Type de produit
paperback
Présentation du livre
paperback
Date de sortie
4/14/2020 12:00:00 AM
Langue d'origine
English
ISBN
358299284
Dimensions
5.31 x 1.1 x 8 inches
Nombre de pages
400 pages
Langue
English
Résumé
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.Infinite Powers recounts how calculus tantalized and thrilled its inventors, starting with its first glimmers in ancient Greece and bringing us right up to the discovery of gravitational waves (a phenomenon predicted by calculus). Strogatz reveals how this form of math rose to the challenges of each age: how to determine the area of a circle with only sand and a stick; how to explain why Mars goes “backwards” sometimes; how to make electricity with magnets; how to ensure your rocket doesn’t miss the moon; how to turn the tide in the fight against AIDS.As Strogatz proves, calculus is truly the language of the universe. By unveiling the principles of that language, Infinite Powers makes us marvel at the world anew. Read more
Auteur
Steven Strogatz
Date de parution
4/14/2020 12:00:00 AM