Title The calculus of friendship : what a teacher and a student learned about life while corresponding about math / Steven Strogatz

Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 166 pages) : illustrations Contents Continuity (1974-75) -- Pursuit (1976) -- Relativity (1977) -- Irrationality (1978-79) -- Shifts (1980-89) -- Proof on a place mat (March 1989) -- The monk and the mountain (1989-90) -- Randomness (1990-91) -- Infinity and limits (1991) -- Chaos (1992-95) -- Celebration (1996-99) -- The path of quickest descent (2000-2003) -- Bifurcation (2004) -- Hero's formula (2005-present) Summary The Calculus of Friendship is the story of an extraordinary connection between a teacher and a student, as chronicled through more than thirty years of letters between them. What makes their relationship unique is that it is based almost entirely on a shared love of calculus. For them, calculus is more than a branch of mathematics; it is a game they love playing together, a constant when all else is in flux. The teacher goes from the prime of his career to retirement, competes in whitewater kayaking at the international level, and loses a son. The student matures from high school math whiz to Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Strogatz, Steven -- Correspondence Joffray, Don, 1929- -- Correspondence Joffray, Don, 1929- -- Correspondence Strogatz, Steven H. (Steven Henry) -- Correspondence Strogatz, Steven H. / (Steven Henry) / Correspondence. Joffray, Don / 1929- / Correspondence. Joffray, Don, 1929- Strogatz, Steven Mathematicians -- Correspondence Calculus. Differential equations. Chaotic behavior in systems. calculus. MATHEMATICS -- History & Philosophy. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology. MATHEMATICS -- General. Calculus Chaotic behavior in systems Differential equations Mathematicians Genre/Form Electronic books autobiographies (literary genre) Autobiographies Personal correspondence Autobiographies. Autobiographies. Form Electronic book Author Joffray, Don, 1929- ISBN 9781400830886 1400830885

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