The development of Newtonian calculus in Britain 1700-1800 /
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| Author / Creator: | Guicciardini, Niccolò |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989. |
| Description: | xii, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1003494 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Overture: Newton+s published work on the calculus of fluxions
- Part I. The Early Period
- 1. The diffusion of the calculus (1700+1730)
- 2. Developments in the calculus of fluxions (1714+1733)
- 3. The controversy on the foundations of the calculus (1734+1742)
- Part II. The Middle Period
- 4. The textbooks on fluxions (1736+1758)
- 5. Some applications of the calculus (1740+1743)
- 6. The analytic art (1755+1785)
- Part III. The Reform
- 7. Scotland (1785+1809)
- 8. The Military Schools (1773+1819)
- 9. Cambridge and Dublin (1790+1820)
- 10. Tables
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Index
