The Calculus of Friendship: What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life While Corresponding about Math

by Steven H. Strogatz

Book Overview

The Calculus of Friendship is the story of an extraordinary connection between a teacher and a student, as chronicled through more than thirty years of letters between them. What makes their relationship unique is that it is based almost entirely on a shared love of calculus. For them, calculus is more than a branch of mathematics; it is a game they love playing together, a constant when all else is in flux. The teacher goes from the prime of his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691134936
• ISBN13: 9780691134932
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"