Application-oriented introduction relates the subject as closely as possible to science. In-depth explorations of the derivative, the differentiation and integration of the powers of x, and theorems on differentiation and antidifferentiation lead to a definition of the chain rule and examinations of trigonometric functions, logarithmic and exponential functions, techniques of integration, polar coordinates, much more. Clear-cut explanations, numerous...

"Painless Calculus provides review and practice in an easy, step-by-step format...Inside you’ll find: Examples of all topics, including limits and continuity, derivatives, curve sketching, definite integrals, and much more; Diagrams, charts, and instructive math illustrations; Painless tips and common pitfalls; Math talk boxes that translate complex 'math speak' into easy-to-understand language; Brain Tickler quizzes throughout each chapter to test...

"Professional, Scholarly Cover/Jacket Award, New York Book Show" Paul J. Nahin is the author of many bestselling popular math books, including Mrs. Perkins's Electric Quilt, In Praise of Simple Physics, and An Imaginary Tale (all Princeton). He is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire. In the mid-eighteenth century, Swiss-born mathematician Leonhard Euler developed a formula so innovative and complex that...

The author recounts a year overcoming her math phobia, during which she learned to apply calculus to everything from gas mileage and dieting to Disneyland rides and shooting craps in LasVegas.

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"Love and Math tells the two intertwined stories of mathematics and the adventure of one man in learning it. The result is a story about how he became one of the twenty-first century's leading mathematicians, working on one of the biggest ideas to come out of mathematics in the last 50 years: the Langlands Program. As Frenkel proves, a mathematical formula can be as elegant and beautiful as a painting, a poem, or a piece of music. And the process...