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SUMMARY:Campus Lecture - Infiniti Powers: the story of calculus
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Steven Strogatz\n\nProfessor of Mathematics\n\nCornell Univers
 ity\,\nNew York\, USA\n \n"Everyone has heard of calculus\, but why is it
  so important?"\n\nIn this talk\, Prof. Strogatz will try to clarify the f
 antastic idea at the heart of calculus. With the help of pictures and stor
 ies\, he’ll trace where calculus came from and then show how it – in p
 artnership with medicine\, philosophy\, science\, and technology – resha
 ped the course of civilization and helped make the world modern.\nThis tal
 k is intended for everyone\, whether you've taken calculus or not\, and wh
 ether you like math or not. By the end\, Prof. Strogatz hopes to convince 
 you that calculus is one of the greatest triumphs of human creativity ever
 .\n→ Discover his new book: Infinite Powers\n 
LOCATION:on-line conference https://go.epfl.ch/CampusLecture_Strogatz2020
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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