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Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe by Steven Strogatz
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The history of calculus, guided by following its defining principle: the infinity principle, from the ancient Greeks to today.
The infinity principle states a hard problem can be tackled by splitting it into infinitely small parts, solving those parts and them summing them back together.
Archimedes used the IP is on shapes, Galileo on motion and Newton turned it into calculus for predicting anything todo with change.
This book is full of practical examples and historical stories that shows calculus' impact on science and the world.
The infinity principle states a hard problem can be tackled by splitting it into infinitely small parts, solving those parts and them summing them back together.
Archimedes used the IP is on shapes, Galileo on motion and Newton turned it into calculus for predicting anything todo with change.
This book is full of practical examples and historical stories that shows calculus' impact on science and the world.