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Zombies and calculus
- Title
- Zombies and calculus / Colin Adams.
- Author
- Adams, Colin (Colin Conrad), 1956-
- Publication
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2014.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 14-4774 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Summary
- "How can calculus help you survive the zombie apocalypse? Colin Adams, humor columnist for the Mathematical Intelligencer and one of today's most outlandish and entertaining popular math writers, demonstrates how in this zombie adventure novel.Zombies and Calculus is the account of Craig Williams, a math professor at a small liberal arts college in New England, who, in the middle of a calculus class, finds himself suddenly confronted by a late-arriving student whose hunger is not for knowledge. As the zombie virus spreads and civilization crumbles, Williams uses calculus to help his small band of survivors defeat the hordes of the undead. Along the way, readers learn how to avoid being eaten by taking advantage of the fact that zombies always point their tangent vector toward their target, and how to use exponential growth to determine the rate at which the virus is spreading. Williams also covers topics such as logistic growth, gravitational acceleration, predator-prey models, pursuit problems, the physics of combat, and more. With the aid of his story, you too can survive the zombie onslaught.Featuring easy-to-use appendixes that explain the mathematics necessary to enjoy the book, Zombies and Calculus is suitable for recent converts to calculus as well as more advanced readers familiar with multivariable calculus"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 14-4774
- ISBN
- 9780691161907
- 0691161909
- LCCN
- 2014012448
- OCLC
- 2014012448
- Author
- Adams, Colin (Colin Conrad), 1956-
- Title
- Zombies and calculus / Colin Adams.
- Publisher
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 14-4774