Reasoning with the Infinite - From the Closed World to the Mathematical Universe (Paperback, New edition)

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.
"One of Michael Blay's many fine achievements in "Reasoning with the Infinite" is to make us realize how velocity, and later instantaneous velocity, came to play a vital part in the development of a rigorous mathematical science of motion."--Margaret Wertheim, "New Scientist"

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1999
First published:	November 1999
Authors:	Michel Blay
Translators:	M.B. DeBevoise
Dimensions:	228 x 154 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	226
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-05835-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	0-226-05835-2
Barcode:	9780226058351

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