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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.
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##真希望剛學高數的時候看的是這個而不是吉米多維奇orz
評分##棒。今年齣來中文版，推薦給中學生看。成年人就算瞭，有點簡單。
評分##以為大部分會是數學曆史結果是科普.... 不過如果我在學微積分之前讀的話應該會很喜歡，有些故事還是挺有趣的。
評分##與其說是用微積分揭示宇宙的奧秘不如說是關於微積分的簡史。不過我仍然喜歡這本書，因為作者試圖用最簡單的文字把故事講得有趣。
評分##以為大部分會是數學曆史結果是科普.... 不過如果我在學微積分之前讀的話應該會很喜歡，有些故事還是挺有趣的。
評分##今年的新書～
評分##補錄，y9數學閱讀作業
評分##最適閤的讀者是想搞理工科、且剛接觸微積分的中學生。從中你可以讀到教科書鮮少會涉及的微積分發展史、微積分與現代科技的關係、以及科學傢的故事，相當引人入勝。當然，任何程度的讀者都能有自己的收獲，不過類型與多寡而已。
評分##去年疫情期間讀的，在 Calculus Made Easy 之後，過來本是想尋跡找到曾經看到的一本似乎是 Markov 寫的書，還是沒找到。
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