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Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-11-13 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book examines how calculus developed in Britain during the century following Newton.
Isaac Newton on Mathematical Certainty and Method
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-08-19 - Publisher: MIT Press

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An analysis of Newton's mathematical work, from early discoveries to mature reflections, and a discussion of Newton's views on the role and nature of mathematic
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The mathematical methods employed by Newton in the Principia stimulated much debate among contemporaries. This book explains how Newton addressed these issues,
Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton, James Hodgson, and the Beginnings of Secondary School Mathematics
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This book tells one of the greatest stories in the history of school mathematics. Two of the names in the title—Samuel Pepys and Isaac Newton—need no introd
Understanding Inconsistent Science
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In recent years philosophers of science have urged that many scientific theories are extremely useful and successful despite being internally inconsistent. Via