Infinitesimal, how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world, Amir Alexander
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Infinitesimal, how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world, Amir Alexander
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Infinitesimal
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
846545899
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Amir Alexander
Sub title
how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world
Summary
"The epic battle over a mathematical concept that shook the old order and shaped the world as we know it"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Part I. The war against disorder: the Jesuits against the infinitely small. 1. The children of Ignatius ; 2. Mathematical order ; 3. Mathematical disorder ; 4. "Destroy or be destroyed": the war on the infinitely small ; 5. The battle of the mathematicians -- Part II. Leviathan and the infinitesimal. 6. The coming of Leviathan ; 7. Thomas Hobbes, geometer ; 8. Who was John Wallis? ; 9. Mathematics for a new world -- Epilogue: two modernities
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