The calculus story : a mathematical adventure / David Acheson.

Calculus is the key to much of modern science and engineering. It 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. But it is also something...

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Main Author: Acheson, David, 1946- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:viii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Format: Book

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