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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

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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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Calculus, Infinitesimal Geometry, History, Renaissance Science, Mathematics, 31.01 history of mathematics, Infinitesimalrechnung, SCIENCE, Infinitesimal calculus, Analysis (mathematics), Western, Jesuiten, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / Western, Mathematics, history, Geometry, infinitesimal, Europe, history, Calculus, history, Science, history
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17th century, 16th century

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Infinitesimal: A teoria matemática que revolucionou o mundo
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Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World
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Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Mod
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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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Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World
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Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World
2014, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Source title: Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World

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QA24.A544 2015

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