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" The calculus wars : "
Jason Socrates Bardi.
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853238
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Bardi, Jason Socrates.
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The calculus wars : : Newton, Leibniz, and the greatest mathematical clash of all time /\ Jason Socrates Bardi.
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New York :: Thunder's Mouth Press,, 2006.
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viii, 277 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations, facsimiles, plan, portraits ;; 22 cm
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1560257067
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: 1560259922
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: 184344030X
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: 1843440369
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: 9781560257066
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: 9781560259923
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: 9781843440307
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: 9781843440369
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-264) and index.
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| Contents
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For once it's safe to dream in color, 1704 -- The children of the wars, 1642-1664 -- The trouble with Hooke, 1664-1672 -- The affair of the eyebrow, 1666-1673 -- Farewell and think kindly of me, 1673-1677 -- The beginning of the sublime geometry, 1678-1687 -- The beautiful and the damned, 1687-1691 -- The shortest possible descent, 1690-1696 -- Newton's apes, 1696-1708 -- The burden of proof, 1708-1712 -- The flaws of motion, 1713-1716 -- Purged of ambiguity, 1716-1728.
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Today Newton and Leibniz are generally considered the twin independent inventors of calculus, and they are both credited with giving mathematics its greatest push forward since the time of the Greeks. Had they known each other under different circumstances, they might have been friends. But in their own lifetimes, the joint glory of calculus was not enough for either and each declared war against the other, openly and in secret. This long and bitter dispute has been swept under the carpet by historians--perhaps because it reveals Newton and Leibniz in their worst light--but this book tells the full story in narrative form for the first time, ultimately exposing how these twin mathematical giants were brilliant, proud, at times mad and, in the end, completely human.--From publisher description.
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm,1646-1716.
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Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm-- Newton, Isaac.
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm,1646-1716.
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm.
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Newton, Isaac-- Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm.
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Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.
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Newton, Isaac.
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Calculus-- History-- 18th century.
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Calculus.
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Differentialrechnung-- Geschichte 17. Jh.
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Matematik-- historia-- 1700-talet.
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Infinitesimalrechnung.
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| Dewey Classification
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515.09/033
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QA303.B2896 2006
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| Parallel Title
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Newton, Leibniz, and the greatest mathematical clash of all time
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