Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe-New

Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe-New

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERMarvelous . . . an array of witty and astonishing stories . . . to illuminate how calculus has helped bring into being our contemporary world.-The Washington PostFrom 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 wouldnt have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldnt 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 Strogatzs brilliantly creative, down-to-earth history shows that calculus is not about complexity; its 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 doesnt 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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