{"product_id":"calculus-and-pizza-a-cookbook-for-the-hungry-mind-9780471269878","title":"Calculus and Pizza: A Cookbook for the Hungry Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCALCULUS + PEPPERONI \/ FUN = MATH SUCCESS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo you want to do well on your calculus exam? Are you looking for a quick refresher course? Or would you just like to get a taste of what calculus is all about? If so, you've selected the right book. Calculus and Pizza is a creative, surprisingly delicious overview of the essential rules and formulas of calculus, with tons of problems for the learner with a healthy appetite.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSetting up residence in a pizza parlor, Clifford Pickover focuses on procedures for solving problems, offering short, easy-to-digest chapters that allow you to quickly get the essence of a technique or question. From exponentials and logarithms to derivatives and multiple integrals, the book utilizes pepperoni, meatballs, and more to make complex topics fun to learn-emphasizing basic, practical principles to help you calculate the speed of tossed pizza dough or the rising cost of eggplant parmigiana. Plus, you'll see how simple math-and a meal-can solve especially curious and even mind-shattering problems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthoritatively and humorously written, \u003ci\u003eCalculus and Pizza\u003c\/i\u003e provides a lively-and more tasteful-approach to calculus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Pickover has published nearly a book a year in which he stretches the limits of computers, art, and thought.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A perpetual idea machine, Clifford Pickover is one of the most creative, original thinkers in the world today.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Recreational Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCLIFFORD A. PICKOVER\u003c\/b\u003e is a research staff member at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. He is also a prolific author of books and articles relating to science, art, and mathematics, including \u003ci\u003eBlack Holes: A Traveler's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKeys to Infinity\u003c\/i\u003e, both from Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985480581394,"sku":"9780471269878","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3f2a6f04-2ef7-4a46-ba02-31a73ff8b444.jpg?v=1769537195","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/calculus-and-pizza-a-cookbook-for-the-hungry-mind-9780471269878","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}