The Calculus Diaries How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse
by Ouellette, JenniferEdition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 2010-08-31
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
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Summary
Ouellette shows how she learned to apply calculus to everything from gas mileage to dieting, proving that even the mathematically challenged can learn the fundamentals of the universal language.
Author Biography
Jennifer Ouellette is a card-carrying member of the National Association of Science Writers. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Discover, Salon, and Nature. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Cal Tech cosmologist Sean Carroll.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Prologue: I Could Be Mathier | p. 1 |
| To Infinity and Beyond | p. 11 |
| Drive Me Crazy | p. 40 |
| Casino Royale | p. 65 |
| The Devil's Playground | p. 93 |
| Show Me the Money | p. 119 |
| A Pox upon It | p. 140 |
| Body Heat | p. 171 |
| The Catenary Tales | p. 202 |
| Surfin' Safari | p. 225 |
| Epilogue: The Mimetics of Math | p. 249 |
| Doing the Math | p. 263 |
| Calculus of the Living Dead | p. 293 |
| Bibliography | p. 299 |
| Index | p. 309 |
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