A historian looks back : the calculus as algebra and selected writings / / by Judith V. Grabiner.

• Superior document: Spectrum series
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Grabiner, Judith V.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: MAA spectrum.
• Physical Description: xv, 287 p. :; ill.
• Notes: "Part I was formerly published as The calculus as algebra: J.-L. Lagrange, 1736-1813 by Garland Publishing, New York, 1990"--P. facing t.p.
• Other title: Calculus as algebra and selected writings; The calculus as algebra --; The mathematician, the historian, and the history of mathematics --; Who gave you the epsilon? Cauchy and the origins of rigorous calculus --; The changing concept of change: the derivative from Fermat to Weierstrass --; The centrality of mathematics in the history of western thought --; Descartes and problem-solving --; The calculus as algebra, the calculus as geometry: Lagrange, Maclaurin, and their legacy --; Was Newton's calculus a dead end? the continental influence of Maclaurin's treatise of fluxions --; Newton, Maclaurin, and the authority of mathematics --; Why should historical truth matter to mathematicians? dispelling myths while promoting maths --; Why did Lagrange "prove" the parallel postulate?.; Calculus as algebra.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 0883855720; 9780883855720; 9781614445067 (electronic bk.)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Judith V. Grabiner.