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![Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World by Amir Alexander](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCQ2VnTGdFPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--29ff429dbeb5c3c6df04bbe27d9edf772e89e9e3/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Infinitesimal-%20How%20a%20Dangerous%20Mathematical%20Theory%20Shaped%20the%20Modern%20World.jpg)
352 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781429953924
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Scientific American
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On August 10, 1632, five men in flowing black robes convened in a somber Roman palazzo to pass judgment on a deceptively simple proposition: that a continuous line is composed of distinct and infinitely tiny parts. With the stroke of a pen the Jes...
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352 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781429953924
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Scientific American
Publication date: Not specified
Description
On August 10, 1632, five men in flowing black robes convened in a somber Roman palazzo to pass judgment on a deceptively simple proposition: that a continuous line is composed of distinct and infinitely tiny parts. With the stroke of a pen the Jes...