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    The Calculus of Happiness: How a Mathematical Approach to Life Adds Up to Health, Wealth, and Love
    The Calculus of Happiness: How a Mathematical Approach to Life Adds Up to Health, Wealth, and Love
    The Calculus of Happiness: How a Mathematical Approach to Life Adds Up to Health, Wealth, and Love
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    The Calculus of Happiness: How a Mathematical Approach to Life Adds Up to Health, Wealth, and Love

    By Oscar E. Fernandez

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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 that math yields powerful insights into health, wealth, and love. Using only high-school-level math (precalculus with a dash of calculus), Fernandez guides us through several of the surprising results, including an easy rule of thumb for choosing foods that lower our risk for developing diabetes (and that help us lose weight too), simple "all-weather" investment portfolios with great returns, and math-backed strategies for achieving financial independence and searching for our soul mate. Moreover, the important formulas are linked to a dozen free online interactive calculators on the book’s website, allowing one to personalize the equations.

    Fernandez uses everyday experiences—such as visiting a coffee shop—to provide context for his mathematical insights, making the math discussed more accessible, real-world, and relevant to our daily lives. Every chapter ends with a summary of essential lessons and takeaways, and for advanced math fans, Fernandez includes the mathematical derivations in the appendices.

    A nutrition, personal finance, and relationship how-to guide all in one, The Calculus of Happiness invites you to discover how empowering mathematics can be.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPrinceton University Press
    Release dateApr 3, 2017
    ISBN9781400884810
    The Calculus of Happiness: How a Mathematical Approach to Life Adds Up to Health, Wealth, and Love
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    Oscar E. Fernandez

    Oscar E. Fernandez is assistant professor of mathematics at Wellesley College and the author of Everyday Calculus: Discovering the Hidden Math All around Us. He also writes about mathematics for the Huffington Post and on his website, surroundedbymath.com.

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