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A Tour of the Calculus
Contributor(s): Berlinski, David (Author)

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ISBN: 0679747885     ISBN-13: 9780679747888
Publisher: Vintage
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 1997
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Annotation: Were it not for the calculus, mathematicians would have no way to describe the acceleration of a motorcycle or the effect of gravity on thrown balls and distant planets, or to prove that a man could cross a room and eventually touch the opposite wall. Just how calculus makes these things possible and in doing so finds a correspondence between real numbers and the real world is the subject of this dazzling book by a writer of extraordinary clarity and stylistic brio. Even as he initiates us into the mysteries of real numbers, functions, and limits, Berlinski explores the furthest implications of his subject, revealing how the calculus reconciles the precision of numbers with the fluidity of the changing universe.


"An odd and tantalizing book by a writer who takes immense pleasure in this great mathematical tool, and tries to create it in others."--New York Times Book Review

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Calculus
- Mathematics | History & Philosophy
- Science | History
Dewey: 515
LCCN: 95004042
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.18" W x 8.1" L (0.53 lbs) 352 pages
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: New York Times 02/23/1997 pg. 24
 
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Were it not for the calculus, mathematicians would have no way to describe the acceleration of a motorcycle or the effect of gravity on thrown balls and distant planets, or to prove that a man could cross a room and eventually touch the opposite wall. Just how calculus makes these things possible and in doing so finds a correspondence between real numbers and the real world is the subject of this dazzling book by a writer of extraordinary clarity and stylistic brio. Even as he initiates us into the mysteries of real numbers, functions, and limits, Berlinski explores the furthest implications of his subject, revealing how the calculus reconciles the precision of numbers with the fluidity of the changing universe.


An odd and tantalizing book by a writer who takes immense pleasure in this great mathematical tool, and tries to create it in others.--New York Times Book Review

 
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