The Development of Newtonian Calculus in Britain, 1700 1800

Niccolo Guicciardini

ISBN 10: 0521364663 / ISBN 13: 9780521364669

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 1990

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Guicciardini presents a comprehensive survey of both the research and teaching of Newtonian calculus, the calculus of 'fluxions,' over the period between 1700 and 1810. Although Newton was one of the inventors of calculus, the developments in Britain remained separate from the rest of Europe for over a century. While it is usually maintained that after Newton there was a period of decline in British mathematics, the author's research demonstrates that the methods used by researchers of the period yielded considerable success in laying the foundations and investigating the applications of the calculus. Even when 'decline' set in, in mid century, the foundations of the reform were being laid, which were to change the direction and nature of the mathematics community. The book considers the importance of Isaac Newton, Roger Cotes, Brook Taylor, James Stirling, Abraham de Moivre, Colin Maclaurin, Thomas Bayes, John Landen and Edward Waring. This will be a useful book for students and researchers in the history of science, philosophers of science and undergraduates studying the history of mathematics.

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• Titolo: The Development of Newtonian Calculus in Britain, 1700 1800
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521364663
• ISBN 13: 9780521364669
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 235 L x 157 A x 19 P (millimetri) 235 millimetri di larghezza per 157 millimetri di altezza per 19 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 552 grammi

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Riassunto

This book examines how calculus developed in Britain during the century following Newton.

Informazioni sull?autore

Niccolò Guicciardini holds degrees in physics and philosophy awarded by the Università degli Studi di Milano. This book is the published version of his Ph.D. thesis in the history of mathematics, written under the supervision of Ivor Grattan-Guinness at Middlesex Polytechnic. Niccolò Guicciardini is Co-Editor in Chief of Historia Mathematica and is a recipient of the Sarton Medal for 2011–2012, awarded by the University of Ghent, Belgium.