Tag Archives: calculus

Infinite Powers

Posted on June 30, 2019 by

Infinite PowersBy Steven StrogatzHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, 2019 Okay, I admit it, even for me this is a geeky book.  Infinite Powers:  How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe is about the history of calculus and its impact on … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Science and technology | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mr. O’Byrne

Posted on September 13, 2017 by

I’ve been remembering my high school calculus teacher, Mr. O’Byrne, over the last few days. It started while I was reading a lengthy article about neural networks and how they’re trained using backpropagation and analytic gradients. There’s not that much … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged , , | Leave a comment