The Joy of x

A world class mathematician and regular contributor to the New York Times hosts a delightful tour of the greatest ideas of math, revealing how it connects to literature, philosophy, law, medicine, art, business, even pop culture in ways we never imaginedDid O.J do it How should you flip your mattress to get the maximum wear out of it How does Google search the Internet How many people should you date before settling down Believe it or not, math plays a crucial role in answering all of these questions and.Math underpins everything in the cosmos, including us, yet too few of us understand this universal language well enough to revel in its wisdom, its beauty and its joy This deeply enlightening, vastly entertaining volume translates math in a way that is at once intelligible and thrilling Each trenchant chapter of The Joy of x offers an aha moment, starting with why numbers are so helpful, and progressing through the wondrous truths implicit in , the Pythagorean theorem, irrational numbers, fat tails, even the rigors and surprising charms of calculus Showing why he has won awards as a professor at Cornell and garnered extensive praise for his articles about math for the New York Times, Strogatz presumes of his readers only curiosity and common sense And he rewards them with clear, ingenious, and often funny explanations of the most vital and exciting principles of his discipline.Whether you aced integral calculus or aren t sure what an integer is, you ll find profound wisdom and persistent delight in The Joy of x. Read The Joy of x Author Steven H. Strogatz – kino-fada.fr I will be the first to admit that I m not good at math Despite taking Higher Maths in IB I just practiced so many times that I somehow knew how to solve the question , I still didn t understand a lot of concepts And despite all the quotes about how math was beautiful in my textbooks, I still just don t get it And I suspect that this problem isn t unique to me a lone So, I was really intrigued by the promise of this book to be a guided and fun tour of math.The Joy of X, unlike what the nam I will be the first to admit that I m not good at math Despite taking Higher Maths in IB I just practiced so many times that I somehow knew how to solve the question , I still didn t understand a lot of concepts And despite all the quotes about how math was beautiful in my textbooks, I still just don t get it And I suspect that this problem isn t unique to me a lone So...Are you the type of person who spent hours on the bus on the way to school working out multiplication tables for prime numbers only When you re having sex do you find that the earth may not move, but images of numbers and mathematical symbols appear in your head when things are going great OK, I m getting a little too personal here, but if you re a numbers geek, you ll love this book.Steven Strogatz writes in a very chatty, entertaining style about the nature of mathematics, from number theory Are you the type of person who spent hours on the bus on the way to school work...I wish I could have read this book during that hell year of first year university, when I barely passed calculus despite devotingtime to studying it then the other 4 subjects combined or maybe it just seemed like that very long nights in the library, writing out reams of papers of formulae, the table strewn with my hair and tears.Now sufficient time has passed and, like childbirth, I forget the pain and remember only those good moments, the eureka ones.This isn t a book for geeks and I wish I could have read this book during that hell year of first year university, when I barely passed calculus despite devotingtime to studying it then the other 4 subjects combined or maybe it just seemed like that very long nights in the library, writing out reams of papers of formulae, the table strewn with my hair and tears.Now sufficient time has passed and, like childbirth, I forget the pain and remember only those good moments, the eureka ones.This isn t a book for geeks and nerds, coz they already get this stuff But for the rest of us who might still be curious, it is just as advertised in the blurb One of my favourites was the explanation of the quadratic formula I learned how to solve it, but never understood the cleverness packed into that porcupine of symbols He says thatThe quadratic formula is the Rodney Dangerfield of algebra Even though it s one of the all time greats, it don t get no respectHe then goes on to provide and illustrate the history a...You wouldn t know it, but maths permeates everything we do and touch Your smartphone would not be able to operate without maths, nor would the internet You couldn t buy anything risk free if we didn t have the primes Things as unlikely as the correct time to flip a mattress, the number of people to date before settling down, the best path from A to B, that if you look hard enough you can see sine waves everywhere all have some element of maths in them He does manage to take a subject that ma You wouldn t know it, but maths permeates everything we do and touch Your smartphone would not be able to operate without maths, nor would the internet You couldn t buy anything risk free if we didn t have the primes Things as unlikely as the correct time to flip a mattress, the number of people to date before settling down, the best path from A to B, that if you look hard enough you can see sine waves everywhere all have some element of maths in them He does manage to take a subject that many people find confusing and make it manageable and understandable and possibly a tiny bit less scary There is the odd subject that will make non mathematical readers blanch a bit it involves quadratic equations , but you ll be pleased to hear that there are not many subjects that he cannot clearly illuminate It is packed with photos, picture and diagrams to help illustrate each of the short punchy subjects Overall a good introduction t...Struggling through several years of higher math in engineering school in the 1960s didn t engender a love of mathematics in me It wasn t until years later that I began to value the beauty and elegance of mathematics A big part of my appreciation came from mathematicians like Steven Strogatz who wrote about math for readers who appreciated the concepts but had no desire to wade into a morass of complex equations.In The Joy of x, Strogatz has done a masterful job as our tour guide through the el Struggling through several years of higher math in engineering school in the 1960s didn t engender a love of mathematics in me It wasn t until years later that I began to value the beauty and elegance of mathematics A big part of my appreciation came from mathematicians like Steven Strogatz who wrote about math for readers who appreciated the concepts but had no desire to wade into a morass of complex equations.In The Joy of x, Strogatz has done a masterful job as our tour guide through the elements of mathematics, and he s done it without dumbing it down or making it just another refresher course for the subject He presented the various mathematical elements and concepts in fresh new ways, but he clearl...,, ,, , , , ,, , Statgraphics , DOS, , , , , , ,, , , , , ,, , , , , , , ,, , , , , , , , ,1 , , , , 2 , , 3, 2 3, ,, ,, , 4 , ,, ,, , , , , 12 If you feel that Mathematics is not for you, please read this book Strogatz deftly guides the reader through some of the most important ideas in the field, using easily digestible examples I was able to grasp concepts that eluded me all through graduate school with ease.Most people think Math is about numbers, but it is muchthan that When used properly it isakin to a language or a philosophy, a way to understand the world we can see and the many worlds we cannot Some scenarios ar If you feel that Mathematics is not for you, please read this book Strogatz deftly guides the reader through some ...I applaud you, Stephen Strogatz, for truly putting the joy back in math My life might have been very different if I had read this book in high school Biology was my passion, but I avoided the field because of the math courses required for a bachelor of science degree.My father was a calculus professor and he made math interesting and approachable He died when I was 13 and afterwards numbers became a challenge because my teachers never explained them with flair and passion My dad said, If yo I applaud you, Stephen Strogatz, for truly putting the joy back in math My...A wonderful book of short essays displaying the elegance of math in a grand and easily digestible format This book started life as a series of columns in the New York Times as an introduction to and has been expanded on a bit Each chapter is the length of a typical column, and while the book is by no means comprehensive, there are copious notes and reading lists in the back should one want to explore topics further.The book starts with basi...I know what i make that italics does to something in a practical manner now Took me twenty eight years to make it 30 minutes into a book that explained it to me. but. I KNOW WooohoooooReally, I loved reading this book, it ...

• English
• 26 May 2017
Steven H. Strogatz
• Hardcover
• 336 pages
• 0547517653
• Steven H. Strogatz
• The Joy of x