The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse by Jennifer Ouellette - ISBN: 9780143117377
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Ouellette shows how she learned to apply calculus to everything from gas mileage to dieting, proving that even the mathematically challenged can learn the fundamentals of the universal language.

The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse

How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse

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  • Paperback

    318 pages

  • Release Date

    31 August 2010

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Summary

"Kiss My Math" meets "A Tour of the Calculus" Jennifer Ouellette never took math in college, mostly because she-like most people-assumed that she wouldn‘t need it in real life. But then the English-major-turned-award-winning-science-writer had a change of heart and decided to revisit the equations and formulas that had haunted her for years. "The Calculus Diaries" is the fun and fascinating account of her year spent confronting her math ph…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143117377
ISBN-10:0143117378
Author:Jennifer Ouellette
Publisher:Penguin Books
Imprint:Penguin Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:318
Release Date:31 August 2010
Weight:281g
Dimensions:19mm x 135mm x 201mm
About The Author

Jennifer Ouellette

Jennifer Ouellette writes the column This Month in Physics History for “APS News,” the monthly publication of the American Physical Society. Her articles have appeared in publications from “Discover” to Salon.

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