The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development
, by Boyer, Carl B.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780486605098 | 0486605094
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/1/1959
Fluent description of the development of both the integral and differential calculus. Early beginnings in antiquity, medieval contributions, and a century of anticipation lead up to a consideration of Newton and Leibniz, the period of indecison that followed them, and the final rigorous formulation that we know today.