Calculus and Pizza: a Cookbook for the Hungry Mind.CLIFFORD A. PICKOVER Clifford A. Pickover is an author, editor, and columnist in the fields of science, mathematics, and science fiction. Education He received his Ph.D. from Yale University's Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. For students looking to hone their skills or others looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a refresher course, this book is a useful guide to some of the essential rules, formulas, and problems associated with calculus calculus, branch of mathematics that studies continuously changing quantities. The calculus is characterized by the use of infinite processes, involving passage to a limit—the notion of tending toward, or approaching, an ultimate value. . With a focus on procedures for solving problems, rather than detailed explanations, the reader can whiz through chapters that illustrate derivatives, minimum-maximum problems, the chain rule, and logarithmic logarithmic pertaining to logarithm. logarithmic relationship when the logs of two variables plotted against each other create a straight line. differentiation, among other facets of calculus. Pickover illustrates the usefulness of mathematics by setting the book's story in a pizza parlor and considering problems that Luigi, the owner, might face on any given day. For instance, Luigi must calculate how fast pizza dough falls once it's tossed into the air and how quickly calzones stored in a warehouse will decay. Wiley, 2003, 208 p., b&w illus., paperback, $16.95. |
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