TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grabiner,Judith V.
AU  - Grabiner,Judith V.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - A historian looks back: the calculus as algebra and selected writings 
T2  - Spectrum series
AV  - QA303.2 .G73 2010eb
PY  - 2010///
CY  - [Washington, D.C.]
PB  - Mathematical Association of America
KW  - Calculus
KW  - History
KW  - Functional analysis
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - "Part I was formerly published as The calculus as algebra: J.-L. Lagrange, 1736-1813 by Garland Publishing, New York, 1990"--P. facing t.p; Includes bibliographical references and index; The calculus as algebra --; The mathematician, the historian, and the history of mathematics --; Who gave you the epsilon? Cauchy and the origins of rigorous calculus --; The changing concept of change: the derivative from Fermat to Weierstrass --; The centrality of mathematics in the history of western thought --; Descartes and problem-solving --; The calculus as algebra, the calculus as geometry: Lagrange, Maclaurin, and their legacy --; Was Newton's calculus a dead end? the continental influence of Maclaurin's treatise of fluxions --; Newton, Maclaurin, and the authority of mathematics --; Why should historical truth matter to mathematicians? dispelling myths while promoting maths --; Why did Lagrange "prove" the parallel postulate?; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10722470
ER  -