Algebra to Calculus: Unlocking Math's Amazing Power, Paperback

Think math is boring? Think again Algebra to Calculus: Unlocking Math's Amazing Power tells the story of algebra and calculus to explore the fascinating and sometimes mind-boggling evolution of mathematics through the ages.

Written to engage, entertain and enthuse readers young and old, Algebra to Calculus: Unlocking Math's Amazing Power takes an entirely new approach to the wonderful world of mathematics. Along the way, readers will meet with geniuses, such as Diophantus and Newton, who figured out how to turn math problems into general techniques that worked whatever the situation. Readers will learn how computer chips process their programs, how a smartphone knows where it is, and how Carl Gauss figured out how to add up all the numbers between 1 and 100 in less than a minute‚"‚€‚"when he was just 10 years old Algebra to Calculus: Unlocking Math's Amazing Power shows there is a lot more going on than just x + y = z.