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sjbanner's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
jacehan's review against another edition
4.0
The blurb says "An exploration of the intersection between calculus and daily life" but it felt a little light on the daily life at times. At those moments it felt more like the wisdom of a madcap world in the world of calculus. Luckily that was a minority of the chapters in the book.
xschweingehabtx's review against another edition
4.5
Lost the thread 200 pages in, but still enjoyed it.
lindsaysofia_25's review against another edition
funny
informative
fast-paced
4.0
Such a cool idea executed very well! As someone familiar with calculus I found it to be an easy read with lots of nerdy humour, which I love! There were ideas introduced that I thought were cool and wrote down to look into later, plus lots of stuff I already knew that I could enjoy seeing from a different perspective. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone with even a slight interest in math!
madhukaraphatak's review against another edition
5.0
Really interesting book which teaches ideas of calcus with stories and history. The book does not focus much on the application of calcus it's ubiquitous by now, but it gives historical reasoning behind some of the discoveries. It also talks about dichotomy of pure maths vs approximate maths of statistics. Overall nice read
magiclantern's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced