CALCULUS + PEPPERONI / FUN = MATH SUCCESS Do you want to do well on your calculus exam? Are you looking for aquick refresher course? Or would you just like to get a taste ofwhat calculus is all about? If so, you've selected the right book.Calculus and Pizza is a creative, surprisingly delicious overviewof the essential rules and formulas of calculus, with tons ofproblems for the learner with a healthy appetite. Setting up residence in a pizza parlor, Clifford Pickover focuseson procedures for solving problems, offering short, easy-to-digestchapters that allow you to quickly get the essence of a techniqueor question. From exponentials and logarithms to derivatives andmultiple integrals, the book utilizes pepperoni, meatballs, andmore to make complex topics fun to learn-emphasizing basic,practical principles to help you calculate the speed of tossedpizza dough or the rising cost of eggplant parmigiana. Plus, you'llsee how simple math-and a meal-can solve especially curious andeven mind-shattering problems. Authoritatively and humorously written, Calculus and Pizza providesa lively-and more tasteful-approach to calculus. "Pickover has published nearly a book a year in which he stretchesthe limits of computers, art, and thought." -Los Angeles Times "A perpetual idea machine, Clifford Pickover is one of the mostcreative, original thinkers in the world today." -Journal of Recreational Mathematics