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

Frantic about how to please your loved ones this festive season? Take a deep breath and plunge into New Scientist's present picks

29 November 2017
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Dave Stock

Timothy Revell

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.

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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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