Infinitesimal : how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world / Amir Alexander.
"The epic battle over a mathematical concept that shook the old order and shaped the world as we know it. On August 10, 1632, five leaders of the Society of Jesus convened in a somber Roman palazzo to pass judgment on a simple idea: that a continuous line is composed of distinct and limitlessly...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Closed Stacks - Engineering Math & Physics Library - Stacks
| Call Number: |
QA24 .A544 2014
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| QA24 .A544 2014 | Checked out – Due: 05-04-2025 Place a Hold |