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"The calculus represents humanity's great and profound meditation on the theme of continuity. Time and space are given voice, and speed and area are sub-ordinated to the harsh concept of a limit. The introduction of the real numbers allows the landscape of mathematical analysis to be suffused with thrilling light. In that lit-up landscape, the infinite is for the first time charmed into compliance, men and women gaining the eerie power to ask of certain processes, Suppose it goes on forever, what then? and finding within the calculus a comprehensive answer." "In clear and instructive language David Berlinski explains the concept of limits, how a function describes a relationship between numbers, and the meaning of the real numbers and their role in the re-creation of the world. Hidden for centuries from human insight, an array of mathematical operations and processes become visible." "Berlinski's great achievement is that he not only breathes life into the principles of the calculus but reveals as well processes that occur in the real world. And moving beyond the basics, Berlinski shows us in dramatic and original ways that the calculus is more than a mere system of mathematics. It is also an instrument commensurate at last with humanity's limitless capacity to regard the universe with wonder."--BOOK JACKET.
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Calculus, Mathematics, Philosophy, Popular works, Calcul infinitésimal, Ouvrages de vulgarisation, Analyse (wiskunde), Mathematics, philosophyPeople
Bernhard Riemann (1826-1866), Euclid (fl.300 B.C), Isaac Newton Sir (1642-1727), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Freiherr von (1646-1716), Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Richard Rolle of Hampole (1290?-1349), Albert Einstein (1879-1955), Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), René Descartes (1596-1650), Augustin Louis Cauchy Baron (1789-1857), Zeno of Elea, J. L. Lagrange (1736-1813)Showing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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A tour of the calculus
1997, Vintage Books
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