The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse

My own modest breakthrough came on that fateful day in Santa Barbara, when I saw the connection between an abstract calculus equation and the motion of Saturn’s rings, and realized, à la Archimedes, “Eureka! This is that!”

顿悟封住学习弧，plot 86。

“My initial reaction to the word calculus is not unlike a caveman throwing rocks at the moon in ignorance and fear resulting in blind rage,” she confessed

友人恐惧作对照，cast 84。

At some point, a harried English translator misinterpreted the word as l’avversiera, “she-devil” or “witch.”

乐园曲线旁岔轶事，pace 87。

Most people would rather be strung up by their thumbs and systematically tortured with sharp, pointy objects than be forced ever again to find the antiderivative of a polynomial.

夸张比喻抓读者，prose 91。

“As hangs the flexible chain, so inverted stands the rigid arch”

建筑史嵌进方程，world 90。

Archimedes demurred, saying he wished to finish solving his geometrical problem first: “I beg you, don’t disturb this.” Incensed, the soldier summarily killed him

沙盘殉道开场，hook 89。

The derivative and the integral are like the two ends of a hammerhead: One is for pulling out the nails, and the other is for pounding them in.

工具隐喻降门槛，innov 90。

The show’s tagline sums it up perfectly: “We all use math every day.”

拟态教学收束，ending 91。