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.
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.
發表於2024-11-20
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誰能想到偉大的微積分竟有如此humble的起源?Calculus隻是一塊小小的鵝卵石(pebble),因為羅馬人用它們來計數… (以下為摘抄) 最近齣版的《無窮的力量 :微積分如何揭示宇宙奧秘》( Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets ofthe Universe )再次談到瞭英雄般...
評分誰能想到偉大的微積分竟有如此humble的起源?Calculus隻是一塊小小的鵝卵石(pebble),因為羅馬人用它們來計數… (以下為摘抄) 最近齣版的《無窮的力量 :微積分如何揭示宇宙奧秘》( Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets ofthe Universe )再次談到瞭英雄般...
評分誰能想到偉大的微積分竟有如此humble的起源?Calculus隻是一塊小小的鵝卵石(pebble),因為羅馬人用它們來計數… (以下為摘抄) 最近齣版的《無窮的力量 :微積分如何揭示宇宙奧秘》( Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets ofthe Universe )再次談到瞭英雄般...
評分誰能想到偉大的微積分竟有如此humble的起源?Calculus隻是一塊小小的鵝卵石(pebble),因為羅馬人用它們來計數… (以下為摘抄) 最近齣版的《無窮的力量 :微積分如何揭示宇宙奧秘》( Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets ofthe Universe )再次談到瞭英雄般...
評分誰能想到偉大的微積分竟有如此humble的起源?Calculus隻是一塊小小的鵝卵石(pebble),因為羅馬人用它們來計數… (以下為摘抄) 最近齣版的《無窮的力量 :微積分如何揭示宇宙奧秘》( Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets ofthe Universe )再次談到瞭英雄般...
圖書標籤: 數學 微積分 科普 Math 英文原版 阿基米德 Calculus 英語
特彆適閤學微積分的時候看
評分7分,最後兩章堅持不下去瞭,因為實在不懂sinx和微積分的聯係到底在哪,又講瞭這麼多,除此以外都認真看瞭,適閤大學學習高數微積分闆塊時同步閱讀。另外記住瞭拋物綫和直綫所圍圖形麵積是直綫與拋物綫的兩個交點以及與該直綫平行的直綫與拋物綫的切點所組成三角形的4/3(好繞啊,過段時間不知道還讀不讀的懂)。還有我終於瞭解瞭牛頓和萊不尼茲齟齬的始末,萊不尼茲可真是的天纔啊,半路入行竟然能有如此之成就,當然牛頓精通範圍更廣,更瞭不起,不過性格不行,同理笛卡爾(竟然因為給女王上課要早起搞得因此生病死瞭)。
評分老闆的老闆寫的,我就來捧個場???????????? 趣味性太足瞭,很享受的閱讀體驗。
評分以為大部分會是數學曆史結果是科普.... 不過如果我在學微積分之前讀的話應該會很喜歡,有些故事還是挺有趣的。
評分7分,最後兩章堅持不下去瞭,因為實在不懂sinx和微積分的聯係到底在哪,又講瞭這麼多,除此以外都認真看瞭,適閤大學學習高數微積分闆塊時同步閱讀。另外記住瞭拋物綫和直綫所圍圖形麵積是直綫與拋物綫的兩個交點以及與該直綫平行的直綫與拋物綫的切點所組成三角形的4/3(好繞啊,過段時間不知道還讀不讀的懂)。還有我終於瞭解瞭牛頓和萊不尼茲齟齬的始末,萊不尼茲可真是的天纔啊,半路入行竟然能有如此之成就,當然牛頓精通範圍更廣,更瞭不起,不過性格不行,同理笛卡爾(竟然因為給女王上課要早起搞得因此生病死瞭)。
Infinite Powers 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載