Steven H. Strogatz
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“Looking at numbers as groups of rocks may seem unusual, but actually it's as old as math itself. The word "calculate" reflects that legacy -- it comes from the Latin word calculus, meaning a pebble used for counting. To enjoy working with numbers you don't have to be Einstein (German for "one stone"), but it might help to have rocks in your head.”
― The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
― The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
“Yet in another way, calculus is fundamentally naive, almost childish in its optimism. Experience teaches us that change can be sudden, discontinuous, and wrenching. Calculus draws its power by refusing to see that. It insists on a world without accidents, where one thing leads logically to another. Give me the initial conditions and the law of motion, and with calculus I can predict the future -- or better yet, reconstruct the past. I wish I could do that now.
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― The Calculus of Friendship: What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life While Corresponding about Math
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― The Calculus of Friendship: What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life While Corresponding about Math
“let’s begin with the word “vector.” It comes from the Latin root vehere, “to carry,” which also gives us words like “vehicle” and “conveyor belt.” To an epidemiologist, a vector is the carrier of a pathogen, like the mosquito that conveys malaria to your bloodstream. To a mathematician, a vector (at least in its simplest form) is a step that carries you from one place to another.”
― The Joy Of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
― The Joy Of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
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