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Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World
Infinitesimal How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World
Author: Amir Alexander
On August 10, 1632, five leading Jesuits convened in a sombre Roman palazzo to pass judgment on a simple idea: that a continuous line is composed of distinct and limitlessly tiny parts. The doctrine would become the foundation of calculus, but on that fateful day the judges ruled that it was forbidden. With the stroke of a pen they set off a war...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780374534998
ISBN-10: 0374534993
Publication Date: 5/12/2015
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Paperback
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