Sometimes, Calc is Short for Calculus
Elucidating Examples Illustrated by Strogatz
No Dearth of Diagrams
Personages Present in this Production
Considerably Difficult Trivia
Usain Bolt
100
It defines the rate of change as a function
What is a derivative?
100
A piece of this food has 200 calories, according to Strogatz
What is Cinnamon-Raisin Bread?
100
The concept this diagram represents
What is slope?
100
The author of Infinite Powers
Who is Steven Strogatz?
100
The name of the chapter this trivia is based on (the name is not Chapter 6)
What is "The Vocabulary of Change"?
100
Gangly 6'5" runner who participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Who is Usain Bolt?
200
The derivative of x2 with respect to x
What is 2x?
200
The day when the when the days are lengthening the fastest
What is the spring equinox?
200
The concepts that this diagram shows schematically
What are "The Three Central Problems of Calculus"?
200
A great scientist who knew what to stress and what to ignore in mathematical modeling
Who is Galileo Galilei/Johannes Kepler?
200
Devices that have solved the problem of what the rate is when the rate keeps changing
What is a speedometer/GPS?
200
The fastest time Usain Bolt achieved during a 100-meter sprint, to the nearest hundredth.
What is 9.58 seconds?
300
Symbolic form of an ordinary rate of change
What is Δy/Δx?
300
The example Strogatz uses to illustrate non-smooth curves in real-world applications
What is flipping a switch in an electrical circuit?
300
The year this graph's data is based on
What is 2018?
300
Philosopher who claimed that a faster runner could not outrun a slower one
Who is Zeno (of Elea)?
300
One of Zeno's paradoxes
What is the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise or the Paradox of the Arrow?
300
One way Usain Bolt celebrated his victory in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
What is slowing down visibly, dropping his arms to his side, or slapping his chest?
400
These are "The Three Central Problems of Calculus"
What are the
1. Forward Problem
2. Backward Problem
3. Area Problem
400
One example of predator-prey interactions in biology that Strogatz uses to highlight oscillating systems
What are sharks and fish/Canadian hares and lynxes?
400
The high-tech instruments used by biomechanical researchers to capture the data in this graph
What are laser guns?
400
He said, "Art is a lie that makes us realize truth."
Who is Pablo Picasso?
400
The maximal permissible gradient for a wheelchair ramp according to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
What is a rise of 1 inch for 12 inches of horizontal run (What is 1/12)?
400
The sports Usain Bolt played as a child
What are soccer and cricket?
500
The idea of drawing a smooth curve between the data available
What is interpolation?
500
Strogatz's shorthand for eastward displacement
What is "eastiness"?
500
The name of a runner, save Usain Bolt, pictured in this photograph
Who is Richard Thompson/Walter Dix/Churandy Martina/Asafa Powell/Michael Frater/Marc Burns/Darvis Patton?
500
Steven Strogatz's daughter, who worked at a clothing store in a mall, earning $10 an hour
Who is Leah Strogatz?
500
The model of car that Chevrolet claims can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 4 seconds flat
What is the V-8 Camaro SS?
500
The object that Strogatz compares the wiggles in Usain Bolt's instantaneous speed graph to, which makes it look bushy
What is a pipe cleaner?