Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

Strogatz, Steven:

ISBN 10: 0358299284 / ISBN 13: 9780358299288

Published by Mariner Books 04.2020., 2020

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384 Seiten Fresh and clean copy in good condition. Hardcover with original dustjacket. Frisch erhaltenes und sauberes Exemplar in gutem Zustand. Gebunden mit Original-Schutzumschlag. Contents: Infinity - The Man Who Harnessed Infinity - Discovering the Laws of Motion - The Dawn of Differential Calculus - The Crossroads - The Vocabulary of Change - The Secret Fountain - Fictions of the Mind - The Logical Universe - Making Waves - The Future of Calculus - Conclusion ISBN 9780358299288 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1042.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
• Publisher: Mariner Books 04.2020.
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0358299284
• ISBN 13: 9780358299288
• Binding: , Hardcover/Pappeinband
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1042 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

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. 

About the Author

STEVEN STROGATZ is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University. A renowned teacher and one of the world’s most highly cited mathematicians, he has blogged about math for the New York Times and The New Yorker and has been a frequent guest on Radiolab and Science Friday. He is the author of Sync and The Joy of x. He lives in Ithaca, New York.