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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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"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"--
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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
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