Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe by Steven Strogatz

Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

Steven Strogatz with Bob Souer (Narrator)

10 hours, 41 minutes first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics science informative slow-paced

Description

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 s...

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inspiring 41%
reflective 31%
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