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The calculus of friendship = what a teacher and a student learned about life while corresponding about math /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The calculus of friendship/ Steven Strogatz.
Reminder of title:	what a teacher and a student learned about life while corresponding about math /
Author:	Strogatz, Steven H.
other author:	Joffray, Don,
Published:	Princeton :Princeton University Press, : ©2009.,
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 166 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Mathematicians - Biography. -
Online resource:	http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7t0z0
ISBN:	9781400830886 (electronic bk.)

The calculus of friendship = what a teacher and a student learned about life while corresponding about math /
Strogatz, Steven H.

The calculus of friendshipwhat a teacher and a student learned about life while corresponding about math /[electronic resource] :Steven Strogatz. - Princeton :Princeton University Press,©2009. - 1 online resource (xii, 166 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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).

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.

ISBN: 9781400830886 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Personal Names:

997050
Strogatz, Steven H.
Subjects--Topical Terms:

772408
Mathematicians
--Biography.

LC Class. No.: QA29.S698 / A4 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 510.92/2

The calculus of friendship = what a teacher and a student learned about life while corresponding about math /
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