Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
(eBook)
More Details
Format
eBook
Language
English
Also in this Series
Checking series information...
Description
Loading Description...
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Steven Strogatz., & Steven Strogatz|AUTHOR. (2019). Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe . HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Steven Strogatz and Steven Strogatz|AUTHOR. 2019. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Steven Strogatz and Steven Strogatz|AUTHOR. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe HarperCollins, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Steven Strogatz, and Steven Strogatz|AUTHOR. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe HarperCollins, 2019.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | ed72349a-be26-9155-a4fc-7351799a3b95-eng |
---|---|
Full title | infinite powers how calculus reveals the secrets of the universe |
Author | strogatz steven |
Grouping Category | book |
Last Update | 2024-05-09 18:27:09PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-05-09 20:23:41PM |
Book Cover Information
Image Source | syndetics |
---|---|
First Loaded | Aug 31, 2023 |
Last Used | May 10, 2024 |
Hoopla Extract Information
stdClass Object ( [year] => 2019 [artist] => Steven Strogatz [fiction] => [coverImageUrl] => https://cover.hoopladigital.com/hpc_9781328880017_270.jpeg [titleId] => 14800551 [isbn] => 9781328880017 [abridged] => [language] => ENGLISH [profanity] => [title] => Infinite Powers [demo] => [segments] => Array ( ) [pages] => 400 [children] => [artists] => Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [name] => Steven Strogatz [artistFormal] => Strogatz, Steven [relationship] => AUTHOR ) ) [genres] => Array ( [0] => Calculus [1] => Expeditions & Discoveries [2] => History [3] => Mathematics ) [price] => 3.19 [id] => 14800551 [edited] => [kind] => EBOOK [active] => 1 [upc] => [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. [url] => https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14800551 [pa] => [subtitle] => How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe [publisher] => HarperCollins [purchaseModel] => INSTANT )