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A mathphobe explores calculus by starting at the quotidian (more or less) and working to the underlying principles described by calculus.
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2010
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Penguin
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Calculus diaries: a year discovering how maths can help you lose weight, win in Vegas and survive a zombie apocalypse
2011, Duckworth
in English
0715641433 9780715641439
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The Calculus Diaries: How math can help you lose weight, win in Vegas, and survive a zombie apocalypse
2010, Penguin
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0143117378 9780143117377
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Page xiii
Prologue: I Could Be Mathier
Page 1
1.
To Infinity and Beyond
Page 11
2.
Drive Me Crazy
Page 40
3.
Casino Royale
Page 65
4.
The Devil's Playground
Page 93
5.
Show Me the Money
Page 119
6.
A Pox upon It
Page 140
7.
Body Heat
Page 171
8.
The Cantenary Tales
Page 202
9.
Surfin' Safari
Page 225
Epilogue: The Mimetics of Math
Page 249
Appendix 1: Doing the Math
Page 263
Appendix 2: Calculus of the Living Dead :
Page 293
Bibliography
Page 299
Index
Page 309
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