The Calculus of Happiness :How a Mathematical Approach to Life Adds Up to Health, Wealth, and Love
The Calculus of Happiness :How a Mathematical Approach to Life Adds Up to Health, Wealth, and Love
hardback
Published:
11 April, 2017
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780691168630 |
| ISBN10 | 0691168636 |
| Number Of Pages | 176 |
| Item Weight | 454 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Princeton University Press |
| Format | hardback |
Media Reviews
"There are plenty of books about managing your wealth, but The Calculus of Happiness: How a Mathematical Approach to Life Adds Up to Health, Wealth, and Love, by Oscar Fernandez of Princeton University Press, sounds intriguing."--Matthew Partridge, Money Week "[E]ngaging... Readers are sure to get a sense of how content from algebra and precalculus can help inform us about important decisions that are almost universally relevant."--Jason M. Graham, MAA Reviews "Brilliant... Where Fernandez's book scores highly is that it goes beyond being a typical self-help manual for the numerate, by presenting example after example of how mathematical topics such as probability, game theory and exponential functions really do make sense of a world that can sometimes seem so subjective. It's also an easy-going analysis of those areas in life that get brushed under the carpet, to be attended to another day. Once you realise it all boils down to maths, you will wake up happier, wealthier and healthier tomorrow morning, and we have Oscar E. Fernandez to thank for that."Nick Smith, Engineering & Technology
Author's Bio
Oscar E. Fernandez is assistant professor of mathematics at Wellesley College and the author of Everyday Calculus: Discovering the Hidden Math All around Us. He also writes about mathematics for the Huffington Post and on his website, surroundedbymath.com.