MathFiction: Calculus and Pizza (Clifford Pickover)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Calculus and Pizza (2003)

Clifford Pickover
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Contributed by Cliff Pickover

A pizza chef teaches calculus to his restaurant patrons. Romance and hilarity ensue.

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Categories:

Genre	Humorous, Didactic,
Motif	Romance,
Topic	Analysis/Calculus/Differential,
Medium	Novels,

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