The Resource Infinitesimal : how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world, Amir Alexander
Infinitesimal : how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world, Amir Alexander
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- Summary
- On August 10th, 1632, five leading Jesuits convened in a sombre Roman palazzo to pass judgement on a simple idea: that a continuous line is composed of distinct and limitlessly tiny parts. The doctrine would become the foundation of calculus, but on that fateful day the judges ruled that it was forbidden. With the stroke of a pen they set off a war for the soul of the modern world. Amir Alexander tells the story of the struggle that pitted Europe's entrenched powers against voices for tolerance and change, taking us from the bloody religious strife of the 16th century to the battlefields of the English civil war and the fierce confrontations between leading thinkers like Galileo and Hobbes
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Infinitesimal : how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world
- Title
- Infinitesimal
- Title remainder
- how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world
- Statement of responsibility
- Amir Alexander
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- On August 10th, 1632, five leading Jesuits convened in a sombre Roman palazzo to pass judgement on a simple idea: that a continuous line is composed of distinct and limitlessly tiny parts. The doctrine would become the foundation of calculus, but on that fateful day the judges ruled that it was forbidden. With the stroke of a pen they set off a war for the soul of the modern world. Amir Alexander tells the story of the struggle that pitted Europe's entrenched powers against voices for tolerance and change, taking us from the bloody religious strife of the 16th century to the battlefields of the English civil war and the fierce confrontations between leading thinkers like Galileo and Hobbes
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alexander, Amir R
- Dewey number
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- 511
- 511
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Calculus
- Geometry, Infinitesimal
- Mathematics
- Mathematics
- Science, Renaissance
- Mathematics
- Target audience
- specialized
- Label
- Infinitesimal : how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world, Amir Alexander
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781780745329
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9781780745329
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
- Label
- Infinitesimal : how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world, Amir Alexander
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781780745329
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9781780745329
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
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