CALCULUS WARS, THE - Softcover

Jason Bardi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843440369 ISBN 13: 9781843440369

Publisher: HIGH STAKES PUBLISHING, 2007

Synopsis

Newton and Liebniz are generally considered the twin independent inventors of calculus - and both are credited with giving mathematics its biggest push forward since the Greeks. 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 these two giants in their worst light. The full story is told here in narrative form for the first time.

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Synopsis

Now regarded as the bane of many college students' existence, calculus was one of the most important mathematical innovations of the seventeenth century. But a dispute over its discovery sewed the seeds of discontent between two of the greatest scientific giants of all time - Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. 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 "The Calculus Wars" tells the full story in narrative form for the first time. This vibrant and gripping account ultimately exposes how these twin mathematical giants were brilliant, proud, at times mad and, in the end, completely human.

About this edition

• Publisher: HIGH STAKES PUBLISHING
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1843440369
• ISBN 13: 9781843440369
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304