数学如何帮助你减肥，在赌场获胜，在僵尸世界末日中生存。Jennifer Ouellette在六年级时从未学过数学，主要是因为她——和大多数人一样——认为自己在现实生活中不需要数学。但后来这位英国毕业生成为获奖的科学作家改变了主意，决定重温困扰她多年的令人困惑的方程式和公式。《微积分日记》是一本有趣而引人入胜的书，讲述了她一年来如何直面数字恐惧症。凭借真正的智慧和活力，欧莱特展示了她如何学会将微积分应用于从汽油里程到节食，从过山车到拉斯维加斯打牌的一切——证明任何人都可以学习数学通用语言的基础知识，让世界变得更易理解。谁知道数字可能是女人最好的朋友？
Calculus Diaries: A Year Discovering How Maths Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas (UK Edition)
How maths can help you lose weight, win at the casino and survive a zombie apocalypse. Jennifer Ouellette never took maths in the sixth form, mostly because she – like most people – assumed that she wouldn’t need it in real life. But then the English graduate turned award-winning-science writer had a change of heart and decided to revisit the baffling equations and formulas that had haunted her for years. The Calculus Diaries is the fun and fascinating account of the year spent confronting her number-phobia head on. With real wit and verve, Ouellette shows how she learned to apply calculus to everything from petrol mileages to dieting, from rollercoaster rides to shooting cards in Las Vegas – proving that anyone can learn the fundamentals of maths’ universal language and make the world a lot more comprehensible. Who knew that numbers could be a woman’s best friend?
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