Title:
Infinite powers : how calculus reveals the secrets of the universe / Steven Strogatz.
Author:
Strogatz, Steven H. (Steven Henry), author.
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]
©2019
Call Number:
QA303.2 .S78 2019
Abstract:
This is the captivating story of mathematics' greatest ever idea: calculus. Without it, there would be no computers, no microwave ovens, no GPS, and no space travel. But before it gave modern man almost infinite powers, calculus was behind centuries of controversy, competition, and even death. Taking us on a thrilling journey through three millennia, professor Steven Strogatz charts the development of this seminal achievement from the days of Aristotle to today's million-dollar reward that awaits whoever cracks Reimann's hypothesis. Filled with idiosyncratic characters from Pythagoras to Euler, Infinite Powers is a compelling human drama that reveals the legacy of calculus on nearly every aspect of modern civilization, including science, politics, ethics, philosophy, and much besides.
ISBN:
9781328879981
Physical Description:
xxiii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
An Eamon Dolan book--Title page.
Contents:
Infinity -- The man who harnessed infinity -- Discovering the laws of motion -- The dawn of differential calculus -- The crossroads -- The vocabulary of change -- The secret fountain -- Fictions of the mind -- The logical universe -- Making waves -- The future of calculus.
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