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Infinite Powers
by Steven Strogatz
The story of calculus from Archimedes to Newton to GPS: how infinity was tamed to describe change. The best popular book on calculus.
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you never understood calculus and want to.
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you want problem sets.
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Three things you will actually use
- Break problems into infinite pieces.
- Change can be described.
- Calculus runs the modern world.
Do this first
Read the chapter on Archimedes.
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