Calculus Diaries
Seiten
2013
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7156-4513-0 (ISBN)
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7156-4513-0 (ISBN)
How maths can help you lose weight, win in Vegas and survive the zombie apocalypse
Jennifer Ouellette never took maths in the sixth form, mostly because she like most of us assumed she wouldnt need it much in real life. But then the English graduate, now an award-winning science-writer, had a change of heart and decided to revisit the equations and formulas that had haunted her youth. The Calculus Diaries is the fun and fascinating account of a year spent confronting her numbers-phobia head on. With wit and verve, Ouellette explains how she discovered that maths could apply to everything from petrol mileages to dieting, rollercoaster rides to winning in Las Vegas.
Jennifer Ouellette never took maths in the sixth form, mostly because she like most of us assumed she wouldnt need it much in real life. But then the English graduate, now an award-winning science-writer, had a change of heart and decided to revisit the equations and formulas that had haunted her youth. The Calculus Diaries is the fun and fascinating account of a year spent confronting her numbers-phobia head on. With wit and verve, Ouellette explains how she discovered that maths could apply to everything from petrol mileages to dieting, rollercoaster rides to winning in Las Vegas.
Jennifer Ouellettes work has appeared in New Scientist, The Washington Post, Discover, Nature, Symmetry and Physics World. She maintains a science-and-culture group blog called Cocktail Party Physics and also blogs about physics and space science for Discovery News. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, cosmologist Sean Carroll.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.1.2013 |
---|---|
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
Gewicht | 250 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik | |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7156-4513-7 / 0715645137 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7156-4513-0 / 9780715645130 |
Zustand | Neuware |
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
ein Übungsbuch für Fachhochschulen
Buch | Hardcover (2023)
Carl Hanser (Verlag)
16,99 €