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The Calculus Diaries: A Year Discovering How Maths Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse

Door Jennifer Ouellette

Categorie
Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer
#406175-XR20
Titel
The Calculus Diaries: A Year Discovering How Maths Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse
Auteur
Ouellette, Jennifer
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London etc. : Bloomsbury Academic
Jaar van uitgave
2011
ISBN10
0715641433
ISBN13
9780715641439
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original gilt lettered boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, numerous illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
'I haven't had this much fun learning math since I watched the Count on Sesame Street when I was three. And the Count never talked about log flumes or zombies' New York Times 'If, like me, you love the neatness of calculus but never appreciated its applications or the colourful characters who have used it through history, then these diaries are well worth a read' New Scientist Jennifer Ouellette never took maths in the sixth form, mostly because she - like most people - assumed that she wouldn't need it in real life. But then the English graduate turned award-winning-science writer had a change of heart and decided to revisit the baffling equations and formulas that had haunted her for years. The Calculus Diaries is the fun and fascinating account of the year spent confronting her number-p... (Lees verder)hobia head on. With real wit and verve, Ouellette shows how she learned to apply calculus to everything from petrol mileages to dieting, from rollercoaster rides to shooting cards in Las Vegas - proving that anyone can learn the fundamentals of maths' universal language and make the world a lot more comprehensible. Who knew that numbers could be a woman's best friend?
Pagina's
318
Conditie
Goed — Crease in corner of page 2, 19 and 43; sticker on dust jacket front board.
Prijs
€ 10,00

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