作者：StevenH.Strogatz
出版社：HoughtonMifflinHarcourt
副标题：HowCalculusRevealstheSecretsoftheUniverse
出版年：2019-4-2
页数：384
定价：USD18.30
装帧：Hardcover
ISBN：9781328879981
内容简介
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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.
作者简介
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STEVEN STROGATZ is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University. A renowned teacher and one of the world’s most highly cited mathematicians, he has blogged about math for the New York Times and The New Yorker and has been a frequent guest on Radiolab and Science Friday. He is the author of Sync and The Joy of x. He lives in Ithaca, New York.
评论 ······
好看，以微积分为主题的书能写得这么深入浅出真不容易。不知道有没有中译，原文非常流畅，打算把作者的其他书也都读一遍。
毕业时候系里送的书，原来是系里的教授写的… 以为是数学史，结果是科普。准备快速翻完，留着给小孩看，毕竟还是有我大学最喜欢的数学教授的签名。｜前半部分基础讲完，书的后半部分还是有点东西。结尾让人震撼。
要是我早读了这本书，当年的微积分会学得很有趣味吧！
补录，y9数学阅读作业
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