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What’s your favorite book?” I was asked the other day, a simple question that is calculus-difficult to answer.
Toward the end of Steven Strogatz’s marvelous new book on calculus, we learn how to calculate the speed of light using shredded cheese and a microwave oven. Take a plate and cover it lightly ...
Education High school student publishes calculus book to help his peers High school senior Aditya Velamuri taught himself calculus when he was living in India.
Calculus does require a certain amount of effort and discipline to comprehend, but it is not so arcane, inaccessible, or irrelevant to modern life as I have made myself believe. I have not yet had ...
Calculus made James Stewart a millionaire. Starting in the late 1970s, when the Canadian-born mathematician published his first calculus textbook, Stewart wrote over 30 bestselling calculus ...
High school senior Aditya Velamuri taught himself calculus when he was living in India. When he moved to Texas last year, he started tutoring fellow students.
A book which aims to teach university students the basics of calculus by integrating maths lessons with a story about a zombie attack may seem a ridiculous idea, but Zombies & Calculus by Colin ...