Books by Steven H. Strogatz
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review 1: The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity by Steven Strogatz"The Joy of X" is an entertaining introductory guide through the elements of math, from the very basic to the infinity. Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University, Steven Strogatz takes the re...
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review 1: A few times I've seen postings on Facebook where people are proud of the fact that they "got through another day without using math". I'm amused but a little sad that they think math is unnecessary in day-to-day life. I wonder if they really didn't use math or did it without thi...
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review 1: I am not sure what to think of this book. I thought I would love journeying through the various chapters on the interesting aspects of mathematics, but I find that I am not. Maybe I failed mathematics so much that I cannot even understand Strogatz's explanations. I did find some ...
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review 1: This is the story of the author's friendship with his high school calculus teacher, Don Joffray. Over the course of 30 years, they maintain a correspondence based mostly on their love of math, sharing interesting puzzles and solutions with one another. Before long, the pupil has ...
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review 1: This book is admittedly quite short, but still, I can't remember the last time I finished a book in 2 days. (This _would_ have happened with Harry Potter 7 but it was not short enough for that to be physically possible for me.)On its face, this book is RIGHT UP MY ALLEY. Mathemat...