9780358299288-0358299284-Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

ISBN-13: 9780358299288
ISBN-10: 0358299284
Edition: Reprint
Author: Steven Strogatz
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Mariner Books
Format: Paperback 400 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780358299288
ISBN-10: 0358299284
Edition: Reprint
Author: Steven Strogatz
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Mariner Books
Format: Paperback 400 pages

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Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe (ISBN-13: 9780358299288 and ISBN-10: 0358299284), written by authors Steven Strogatz, was published by Mariner Books in 2020. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Expeditions & Discoveries (World History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Expeditions & Discoveries books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.46.

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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 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.

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