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How math holds the keys to improving one’s health, wealth, and love life What’s the best diet for overall health and weight management? How can we change our finances to retire earlier? How can we maximize our chances of finding our soul mate? In The Calculus of Happiness, Oscar Fernandez shows us t…

The Calculus of Happiness

How a Mathematical Approach to Life Adds Up to Health, Wealth, and Love

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    176 pages

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    16 September 2019

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How math holds the keys to improving one’s health, wealth, and love lifeWhat’s the best diet for overall health and weight management? How can we change our finances to retire earlier? How can we maximize our chances of finding our soul mate? In The Calculus of Happiness, Oscar Fernandez shows us that math yields powerful insights into health, wealth, and love. Relying on only high school-level math (precalculus with a dash of calculus), Fernandez uses everyday experiences to provide conte…

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ISBN-13:9780691192314
ISBN-10:0691192316
Author:Oscar E. Fernandez
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Imprint:Princeton University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:16 September 2019
Weight:259g
Dimensions:156mm x 235mm
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” The Calculus of Happiness … demonstrate[s] how mathematics can yield powerful insights into everyday life.” –Helen Thomson, New Scientist

“Surveys a wide variety of ways that mathematics can be used to improve decision making and general well-being.”—Chris Wilson, TIME.com
“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… . 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 and Technology
“The Calculus of Happiness … demonstrate[s] how mathematics can yield powerful insights into everyday life.”—Helen Thomson, New Scientist
“Fernandez generates such enthusiasm [for studying math] by considering topics that people do want to learn more about—food, money, other people—and skillfully weaving solid mathematical concepts within these topics.”—Sandra L. Arlinghaus, Mathematical Reviews

About The Author

Oscar E. Fernandez

Oscar E. Fernandez is associate professor of mathematics at Wellesley College and the author of Everyday Calculus and Calculus Simplified (both Princeton).

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