A magisterial history of calculus (and the people behind it) from one of the world's foremost mathematicians.
Praise for Infinite Powers:
Simple, lucid, amusing, informative, and a pleasure to read. If you want to know where calculus came from, how it works, what it's good for, and where it's going next, this is the book for you. - Professor Ian Stewart, author of Significant Figures
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Steven Strogatz is the professor of applied mathematics at Cornell University. A renowned teacher and one of the world's most highly cited mathematicians, he is the author of the bestselling The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Mathematics, from One to Infinity.
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