Research Catalog
Infinite powers : how calculus reveals the secrets of the universe
- Title
- Infinite powers : how calculus reveals the secrets of the universe / Steven Strogatz.
- Author
- Strogatz, Steven
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]
- ©2019
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-8662 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxiii, 360 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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 Aristotle to today's million-dollar reward that awaits whoever cracks Reimann's hypothesis. Filled with idiosyncratic characters from Pythagoras to Euler, Infinite Powers is a compelling human drama that reveals the legacy of calculus on nearly every aspect of modern civilization, including science, politics, ethics, philosophy, and much besides.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- An Eamon Dolan book--Title page.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-343) and index.
- Contents
- Infinity -- The man who harnessed infinity -- Discovering the laws of motion -- The dawn of differential calculus -- The crossroads -- The vocabulary of change -- The secret fountain -- Fictions of the mind -- The logical universe -- Making waves -- The future of calculus.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-8662
- ISBN
- 9781328879981
- 1328879984
- LCCN
- 2018042561
- 15603647
- OCLC
- 1045469644
- Author
- Strogatz, Steven, author.
- Title
- Infinite powers : how calculus reveals the secrets of the universe / Steven Strogatz.
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-343) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Strogatz, Steven H. (Steven Henry), author. Infinite powers Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019 9781328880017 (DLC) 2018049721
- Other Standard Identifier
- 15603647
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-8662