Basic Calculus
From Archimedes to Newton to its Role in Science
1st Edition
Published on 17. July 1998
Book
Hardback
XIV, 545 pages
978-0-387-94606-1 (ISBN)
Description
This text develops the basic concepts and methods of calculus within the historical contexts in which the centreal ideas of trigonometry, analytic geometry, and calculus were first developed. Exercises are both thoughtful and applied, as are the numerous worked out examples found throughout the text.
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Language
English
Place of publication
CA
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Lower undergraduate
Illustrations
540
540 s/w Abbildungen
XIV, 545 p. 540 illus.
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Weight
1400 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-387-94606-1 (9780387946061)
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Content
Part 1: From Archimedes to Newton.- The Greeks Measure the Universe.- Ptolemy and the dynamics of the universe.- Archimedes measures area.- A New Astronomy and a New Geometry.- The Calculus of Leibnitz.- The Calculus of Newton.- The Principia. Part 2: Calculus and the Sciences. - Analysis of Functions.- Statics, Dynamics and Optics.- Basic Functions and Their Graphs.- Exponential Functions.- The Calculus of Economics.- Integral Calculus: Meaning and Methods.- Integral Calculus and the meaning of Forces.