Everyday Calculus : : Discovering the Hidden Math All around Us / / Oscar Fernandez.
Calculus. For some of us, the word conjures up memories of ten-pound textbooks and visions of tedious abstract equations. And yet, in reality, calculus is fun and accessible, and surrounds us everywhere we go. In Everyday Calculus, Oscar Fernandez demonstrates that calculus can be used to explore pr...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Preface
- Calculus Topics Discussed by Chapter
- CHAPTER 1. Wake Up and Smell the Functions
- CHAPTER 2. Breakfast at Newton's
- CHAPTER 3. Driven by Derivatives
- CHAPTER 4. Connected by Calculus
- CHAPTER 5. Take a Derivative and You'll Feel Better
- CHAPTER 6. Adding Things Up, the Calculus Way
- CHAPTER 7. Derivatives Integrals: The Dream Team
- Epilogue
- Appendix A. Functions and Graphs
- Appendices 1-7
- Notes
- Index