The calculus has served for three centuries as the principal quantitative language of Western science. In the course of its genesis and evolution some of the most fundamental problems of mathematics were first con­ fronted and, through...

"The Historical Development of the Calculus" von C. H. Edwards Jr. bietet eine umfassende Darstellung der Entstehung und Entwicklung des Kalküls von seinen Anfängen bis zur modernen Form. Das Buch verfolgt die historischen Wurzeln des...