Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

by Steven H. Strogatz

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0358299284
• ISBN13: 9780358299288
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 7.6"