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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.
用户评价
##读Strogatz永远这么愉悦！另外知道了biology是pre-Galileo, pre-Newton的soft science。
评分##与其说是用微积分揭示宇宙的奥秘不如说是关于微积分的简史。不过我仍然喜欢这本书，因为作者试图用最简单的文字把故事讲得有趣。
评分##读Strogatz永远这么愉悦！另外知道了biology是pre-Galileo, pre-Newton的soft science。
评分##特别适合学微积分的时候看
评分要是我早读了这本书，当年的微积分会学得很有趣味吧！
评分##棒。今年出来中文版，推荐给中学生看。成年人就算了，有点简单。
评分##棒。今年出来中文版，推荐给中学生看。成年人就算了，有点简单。
评分##老板的老板写的，我就来捧个场???????????? 趣味性太足了，很享受的阅读体验。
评分##今年的新书～
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