The Calculus of Friendship
What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life while Corresponding about Math
1st Edition
Published on 7. March 2011
184 pages
978-1-4008-3088-6 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Princeton
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
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Professional and scholarly
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Digital original
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9 halftones. 46 line illus.
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5,41 MB
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978-1-4008-3088-6 (9781400830886)
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Steven Strogatz
The Calculus of Friendship
What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life while Corresponding about Math
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Princeton University Press
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Steven Strogatz is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University. His books include the best-selling Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order (Hyperion). He has written for the New York Times's Opinionator blog.
Content
Prologue ix
Continuity (1974-75) 1
Pursuit (1976) 8
Relativity (1977) 13
Irrationality (1978-79) 23
Shifts (1980-89) 34
Proof on a Place Mat (March 1989) 42
The Monk and the Mountain (1989-90) 71
Randomness (1990-91) 84
Infinity and Limits (1991) 94
Chaos (1992-95) 107
Celebration (1996-99) 115
The Path of Quickest Descent (2000-2003) 118
Bifurcation (2004) 128
Hero's Formula (2005-Present) 140
Acknowledgments 155
Further Reading 157
Bibliography 161
Photography Credits 163
Index of Math Problems 165
Continuity (1974-75) 1
Pursuit (1976) 8
Relativity (1977) 13
Irrationality (1978-79) 23
Shifts (1980-89) 34
Proof on a Place Mat (March 1989) 42
The Monk and the Mountain (1989-90) 71
Randomness (1990-91) 84
Infinity and Limits (1991) 94
Chaos (1992-95) 107
Celebration (1996-99) 115
The Path of Quickest Descent (2000-2003) 118
Bifurcation (2004) 128
Hero's Formula (2005-Present) 140
Acknowledgments 155
Further Reading 157
Bibliography 161
Photography Credits 163
Index of Math Problems 165
