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Infinite Powers: The Story of Calculus - The Language of the Universe - Softcover

Strogatz, Steven

 
9781786492975: Infinite Powers: The Story of Calculus - The Language of the Universe
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1786492970 ISBN 13: 9781786492975
Verlag: Atlantic Books, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

A magisterial history of calculus (and the people behind it) from one of the world's foremost mathematicians.

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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Steven Strogatz

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Verlag
Atlantic Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1786492970
ISBN 13 
9781786492975
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
360
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