Book:Antonio J. Durán Guardeño/The Truth is at the Limit

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Antonio J. Durán Guardeño: The Truth is at the Limit: Infinitesimal Calculus

Published $\text {2017}$, National Geographic

ISBN 978-84-473-8846-2


National Geographic "Our Mathematical World" series: $14$


Contents

Preface


Chapter 1. What is Infinitesmial Calculus and What is it Used for?
Chapter 2. From Archimedes to the 17th Century: the Foundations
Chapter 3. Newton, the Last of the Magicians
Chapter 4. Leibniz, Master of all Trades
Chapter 5. The Dispute over Priority
Chapter 6. The Infinitesimal Tamed


Appendix. Euler and the Irrationals
Bibliography
Index