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Book SynopsisSmartly conceived and fast paced, his book offers something for anyone curious about math and its impacts.
Trade ReviewThe wide ranging essays touch on history, art, architecture, biology, astrophysics, geology, economics, engineering, and many aspects of everyday life. They are supplemented with helpful graphics and written in a lively and clear style appropriate for non-specialist readers, including high school students. Mathematical Reviews An intriguing, thought provoking and humorous book... Highly entertaining treatises for nature lovers as well as science, mathematics and art enthusiasts. London Mathematical Society Newsletter Henshaw's stories about each formula are interesting, humorous, and oftentimes surprising. The range of formulas in [ An Equation for Every Occasion] is appealing, no matter where one's interests lie... This book is a must for teachers who teach formulas. This book provides both interesting stories and historial context to pass on to students Mathematical Association of America From the links between music and math and the importance of the concept of friction to either the success or failure of athletes to estimating the size of a crowd by understanding principles of density, these applications are not only lively discussions of daily living, but require no prior math knowledge from their readers, making An Equation for Every Occasion a recommended pick for lay audiences interested in math's intersections with real-world concerns. Donovan's Literary Services Recommended. All readers. Choice
Table of ContentsPreface
1. As the Earth Draws the Apple
2. And All the Children Are Above Average
3. The Lady with the Mystic Smile
4. The Heart Has Its Reasons
5. AC/DC
6. The Doppler Effect
7. Do I Look Fat in These Jeans?
8. Zeros and Ones
9. Tsunami
10. When the Chips Are Down
11. A Stretch of the Imagination
12. Woodstock Nation
13. What Is (Pi)?
14. No Sweat
15. Road Range
16. The Bends
17. It's Not the Heat, It's the Humidity
18. The World's Most Beautiful Equation
19. Breaking the Law
20. The Mars Curse
21. Eureka!
22. A Penny Saved . . .
23. If I Only Had a Brain
24. Because It Was There
25. Four Eyes
26. Bee Sting
27. Here Comes the Sun
28. A Leg to Stand On
29. Love Is a Roller Coaster
30. Loss Factor
31. A Slippery Slope
32. Transformers
33. A House of Cards
34. Let There Be Light
35. Smarty Pants
36. As Old as the Hills
37. Can You Hear Me Now?
38. Decay Heat
39. Zero, One, Infinity
40. Terminal Velocity
41. Water, Water, Everywhere
42. Dog Days
43. Body Heat
44. Red Hot
45. A Bolt from the Blue
46. Like Oil and Water
47. Fish Story
48. Making Waves
49. A Drop in the Bucket
50. Fracking Unbelievable
51. Take Two Aspirins and Call Me in the Morning
52. The World's Most Famous Equation
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