PIRSA:13050004

Dangerous Curves: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Calculus

Ouellette, J. (2013). Dangerous Curves: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Calculus. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/13050004

Ouellette, Jennifer. Dangerous Curves: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Calculus. Perimeter Institute, May. 01, 2013, https://pirsa.org/13050004 

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            title = {Dangerous Curves: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Calculus},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
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Jennifer Ouellette Freelance Writer

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Talk Type Public Lectures

Abstract

Based on her book, The Calculus Diaries, join, Jennifer Ouellette as she shows how calculus can be applied to everything from gas mileage, diet, the rides at Disneyland, surfing in Hawaii, shooting craps in Vegas and warding off zombies.  Even the mathematically challenged, can-and-should learn the fundamentals of the universal language.