Infinite Powers - Softcover

Strogatz, Steven

 
9781786492951: Infinite Powers
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1786492954 ISBN 13: 9781786492951
Verlag: Atlantic Books, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

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 Archimedes to today's breakthroughs in chaos theory and artificial intelligence. Filled with idiosyncratic characters from Pythagoras to Fourier, Infinite Powers is a compelling human drama that reveals the legacy of calculus on nearly every aspect of modern civilisation, including science, politics, medicine, philosophy, and much besides.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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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Verlag
Atlantic Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1786492954
ISBN 13 
9781786492951
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