The calculus story : a mathematical adventure / David Acheson.

By:

Acheson, David [author.]

Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.Edition: First EditionDescription: viii, 192 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780198804543 (hbk.) :

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Summary: Calculus is the mathematical method for the analysis of things that change, and since in the natural world we are surrounded by change, the development of calculus was a huge breakthrough in the history of mathematics. David Acheson charts the historical development of calculus and takes readers through the basic ideas, step by step.

List(s) this item appears in: Access to HE Engineering Science

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Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Calculus is the mathematical method for the analysis of things that change, and since in the natural world we are surrounded by change, the development of calculus was a huge breakthrough in the history of mathematics. David Acheson charts the historical development of calculus and takes readers through the basic ideas, step by step.

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