An edition of Infinitesimal (2014)

Infinitesimal

how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world

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An edition of Infinitesimal (2014)

Infinitesimal

how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world

First edition.
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Explores "the epic battle over a mathematical concept that shook the old order and shaped the world as we know it. On August 10, 1632, five leaders of the Society of Jesus convened in a somber 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 for the soul of the modern world"--

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Infinitesimal: how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world
2014, Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
511
Library of Congress
QA24 .A544 2014, QA24.A544 2014

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Pagination
352 pages
Number of pages
352

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Open Library
OL27156102M
Internet Archive
infinitesimalhow0000alex
ISBN 10
0374176817
ISBN 13
9780374176815
LCCN
2013033923
OCLC/WorldCat
846545899

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