Calculus of Friendship What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life While Corresponding about Math

Name: Calculus of Friendship What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life While Corresponding about Math
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ISBN: 9780691150383

ISBN-10: 0691150389

ISBN-13: 9780691150383

Edition: 2009

Authors: Steven Strogatz

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The Calculus of Friendshipis the story of an extraordinary connection between a teacher and a student, as chronicled through more than thirty years of letters between them. What makes their relationship unique is that it is based almost entirely on a shared love of calculus. For them, calculus is more than a branch of mathematics; it is a game they love playing together, a constant when all else is in flux. The teacher goes from the prime of his career to retirement, competes in whitewater kayaking at the international level, and loses a son. The student matures from high school math whiz to Ivy League professor, suffers the sudden death of a parent, and blunders into a marriage destined to…

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List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 4/5/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.46" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English



Prologue


Continuity (1974-75)


Pursuit (1976)


Relativity (1977)


Irrationality (1978-79)


Shifts (1980-89)


Proof on a Place Mat (March 1989)


The Monk and the Mountain (1989-90)


Randomness (1990-91)


Infinity and Limits (1991)


Chaos (1992-95)


Celebration (1996-99)


The Path of Quickest Descent (2000-2003)


Bifurcation (2004)


Hero's Formula (2005-Present)


Acknowledgments


Further Reading


Bibliography


Photography Credits


Index of Math Problems