
Reasoning with the Infinite
From the Closed World to the Mathematical Universe
Michel Blay(Author)
University of Chicago Press
Will be published approx. on 10. November 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
226 pages
978-0-226-05835-1 (ISBN)
Description
Until the Scientific Revolution, the nature and motions of heavenly objects were mysterious and unpredictable. The Scientific Revolution was revolutionary in part because it saw the advent of many mathematical tools - chief among them the calculus - that natural philosophers could use to explain and predict these cosmic motions. Michel Blay traces the origins of this mathematization of the world, from Galileo to Newton and Laplace, and considers the profound philosophical consequences of submitting the infinite to rational analysis.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 23 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
397 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-05835-1 (9780226058351)
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