Overview
Do you want to do well on your calculus exam? Are you looking for aquick refresher course? Or would you just like to get a taste ofwhat calculus is all about? If so, you've selected the right book.Calculus and Pizza is a creative, surprisingly delicious overviewof the essential rules and formulas of calculus, with tons ofproblems for the learner with a healthy appetite.
Setting up residence in a pizza parlor, Clifford Pickover focuseson procedures for solving problems, offering short, easy-to-digestchapters that allow you to quickly get the essence of a techniqueor question. From exponentials and logarithms to derivatives andmultiple integrals, the book utilizes pepperoni, meatballs, andmore to make complex topics fun to learn-emphasizing basic,practical principles to help you calculate the speed of tossedpizza dough or the rising cost of eggplant parmigiana. Plus, you'llsee how simple math-and a meal-can solve especially curious andeven mind-shattering problems.
Authoritatively and humorously written, Calculus and Pizza providesa lively-and more tasteful-approach to calculus.
"Pickover has published nearly a book a year in which he stretchesthe limits of computers, art, and thought."
-Los Angeles Times
"A perpetual idea machine, Clifford Pickover is one of the mostcreative, original thinkers in the world today."
-Journal of Recreational Mathematics
This book title, Calculus and Pizza (A Cookbook for the Hungry Mind), ISBN: 9780471269878, by Clifford A. Pickover, published by Wiley (June 16, 2003) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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