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loufillari 's review for:
Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
by Steven Strogatz
Enjoyable. I understood ("understood") the math concepts that Strogatz ("Get out of the road, you daft strogatz!") described as he described them, and layman's termed them and such, and I then had the mental information I needed to enjoy the relevant chapter. And enjoy, I could.
Two chapters later it was gone. Toward the end, he'd mention something we talked about some chapters ago, and I'd maybe remember a name or what part of calculus they invented. Certainly not the derivative or whatever. That's a personal problem. I don't retain information very well.
Now I'm reprimanding myself. I'd probably like this better if I took a calculus class. But hey, I read the book flap and was interested enough to buy it, and there's the endgame, folks.
Two chapters later it was gone. Toward the end, he'd mention something we talked about some chapters ago, and I'd maybe remember a name or what part of calculus they invented. Certainly not the derivative or whatever. That's a personal problem. I don't retain information very well.
Now I'm reprimanding myself. I'd probably like this better if I took a calculus class. But hey, I read the book flap and was interested enough to buy it, and there's the endgame, folks.