Make: Calculus: Build Models to Learn, Visualize, and Explore

by Rich Cameron and Joan Horvath

Book Overview

When Isaac Newton developed calculus in the 1600s, he was trying to tie together math and physics in an intuitive, geometrical way. But over time math and physics teaching became heavily weighted toward algebra, and less toward geometrical problem solving. However, many practicing mathematicians and physicists will get their intuition geometrically first and do the algebra later.

Make: Calculus imagines how Newton might have used 3D printed models,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 168045739X
• ISBN13: 9781680457391
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Make Community, LLC
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 9.1"