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The Development of Newtonian Calculus in Britain, 1700-1810

Niccolò Guicciardini
Publisher: 
Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 
1989
Number of Pages: 
240
Format: 
Paperback
Price: 
36.99
ISBN: 
0521524849
Category: 
Monograph
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 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.