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Rediscover the gift of reading: Best books to buy this holiday

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By Simon Ings, Liz Else, Timothy Revell and Mary Halton

29 November 2017

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EVER wondered about the best angle from which to view Nelson’s column? To work out the answer, you will need a whit of logic and some basic calculus. Don’t panic if your mathematical muscles appear to have withered away (or you never truly cracked differentiation), David Acheson’s The Calculus Story could be just the thing.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

For a book hardly bigger than a phablet, its size may trick you into thinking that it is some sort of pocket guide. Wrong. It is a roller-coaster read, constantly climbing and diving through the wonderful world of calculus.

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