Terence Tao

The standard high school curriculum traditionally has been focused towards physics and engineering. So calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra have always been the most emphasized, and for good reason - these are very important.

Australian Mathematician

Gilbert Newton Lewis

It must be admitted that science has its castes. The man whose chief apparatus is the differential equation looks down upon one who uses a galvanometer, and he in turn upon those who putter about with sticky and smelly things in test tubes.

American Scientist

James A. Forbes

Given the historical power differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attentive to the way their white counterparts see themselves in relation to people of color if they want to survive and even thrive.

American Clergyman

Leroy Hood

What you need to learn how to do is analyze situations and do differential diagnoses and understand the principle and the concepts rather than learn all the details, and medical school doesn't begin to do that.

Kit Williams

As I was working I noticed that the way I designed the differential gearing actually created a spare drive that sat directly below the emperor's feet, or where they would be if he were to sit in the chariot.

Author

Joe Harris

To actually play a game, where you are in the World Cup, there is significance to it, the point differential matters, all these things kind of add up.

American Athlete

Lev Vygotsky

Love can reach the same level of talent, and even genius, as the discovery of differential calculus.

Russian Psychologist

George Gamow

When, in school, they were teaching algebra, I was studying differential equations at home.

Russian Physicist

Nathan Myhrvold

We have the only cookbook in the world that has partial differential equations in it.

American Businessman

Alan Turing

Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.

English Mathematician

Used to discuss disparities, especially in social or economic studies.

Comparative Context

Can be neutral, not implying that one thing is better or worse than the other.

Not Always Negative

Stresses the aspect of difference rather than the details of what is different.

Emphasizes Difference

Associated with the mechanics of vehicles, particularly related to wheels and turning.

Vehicle Technology

Commonly used in automotive and mechanical engineering contexts.

Engineering Usage

It's a technical term; use it when talking to experts or studying mechanics.

Specialized Vocabulary

Highlights that there's a contrasting aspect, like in treatment or pricing.

Indicates Contrast

Points to a specific distinction or variation when comparing.

Specific Distinction

Relates to changes and rates of change in calculus, a branch of mathematics.

Mathematical Concept

In math, it's about the relationship of changes, not just any difference.

Not Just Differences

 to analyze these models and also to synthesize algorithms for controlling them. For example, that's how we can make the quad hover. We first captured the dynamics with a set of differential equations. We then manipulate these equations with the help of control theory to create algorithms that stabilize the quad.

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 It also applies to golf balls, frisbees and baseballs. In every case, the same thing happens. The ball's spin creates a pressure differential in the surrounding air flow that curves it in the direction of the spin. And here's a question. Could you theoretically kick a ball hard enough

Football physics: The...

 One of our cooks lost his eyebrows that way. But hey, they grow back. In addition to cutaways, we also explain physics. This is Fourier's law of heat conduction. It's a partial differential equation. We have the only cookbook in the world that has partial differential equations in it.

Nathan Myhrvold: Cut...

 to leave him indifferent between performing two tasks, one which is more unpleasant than the other. Compensating differential -- it's why we think garbagemen might be paid more than people who work in parks. The words of one of the members of the gang, I think, make this clear.

The freakonomics of...

 And by the way, she was also very insistent on being able to change the color, an important feature for this demonstration. You can see that this is a very early step into limits and differential calculus and what happens when you take things to an extreme --

Conrad Wolfram: Teaching...

 the high pressure inside equalizes with a lower pressure outside, producing a force as the air escapes. And whatever is containing the compressed air needs to have the material strength to withstand the pressure differential, otherwise, it will fail.

The Secret of Compressed...

 and pays a purchase price for a company that's more than the fair value of that company's net assets. So this unexplained differential is named goodwill. And with it, accountants actually can make balance sheets balance.

James Rhee: The value of...

 but they were accelerating the spread of true news at approximately the same rate. Which means bots are not responsible for the differential diffusion of truth and falsity online. We can't abdicate that responsibility,

How we can protect truth...

 of the unknown where is the magic we are at risk of engineering the romance out of our lives romance which perhaps is the ultimate differential in a world of maximizers and optimizers we've been at a point of

Let’s put the romance...

 to engage not in the work-play differential -- where you set aside time to play -- but where your life becomes infused minute by minute, hour by hour, with body,

Differential

Comparative Context

Not Always Negative

Emphasizes Difference

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