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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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##畢業時候係裏送的書，原來是係裏的教授寫的… 以為是數學史，結果是科普。準備快速翻完，留著給小孩看，畢竟還是有我大學最喜歡的數學教授的簽名。｜前半部分基礎講完，書的後半部分還是有點東西。結尾讓人震撼。
評分##今年的新書～
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##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##Strogatz文筆好好啊, 是那種不驕不躁娓娓道來的學者氣質. 整本書的結構就是一部微積分的通史, 從阿基米德時代對無限的樸素認識, 到伽利略和開普勒, 到笛卡爾和費馬, 到牛頓和萊布尼茨, 再到"貴賓頭嬰兒臉"的傅裏葉, 每一代人都從每個時代的理論和認識局限中做齣瞭有限的突破. 而把所有這些 delta 加起來, 再迴過頭來看當代數學龐大的體係, 以及其能夠或不能解決的問題, 就特彆能夠 appreciate "edifice" 這個比喻, 它的基奠, 以及它未來的命運.
評分##今年的新書～
評分##畢業時候係裏送的書，原來是係裏的教授寫的… 以為是數學史，結果是科普。準備快速翻完，留著給小孩看，畢竟還是有我大學最喜歡的數學教授的簽名。｜前半部分基礎講完，書的後半部分還是有點東西。結尾讓人震撼。
評分##好看，以微積分為主題的書能寫得這麼深入淺齣真不容易。不知道有沒有中譯，原文非常流暢，打算把作者的其他書也都讀一遍。
評分##從對無限的直觀認識，到發展齣係統嚴謹的分析方法，通過微積分人類得以求解世界的規律：微積分不僅僅是工具，還是上帝的語言，小到量子，大到天體，到最後都奇跡般近乎完美地遵從數學的定理，或許這就是數學使人敬畏的魅力
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