What Is Calculus About?
What Is Calculus About? by W.W. Sawyer, published by the Mathematical Association of America in 1961, is a concise exploration of calculus, spanning 118 pages. This edition presents the subject in straightforward, nontechnical language, making it accessible to a broad audience. The book delves into the historical significance of calculus, developed by Newton and Leibniz, and its essential role in both pure and applied sciences, highlighting its importance in understanding various phenomena.
Readers will find that this book explains the fundamental concepts of calculus, including how it helps in analyzing the velocity of moving objects and the rates at which these objects change speeds. It addresses the ways in which quantities vary in response to changing factors, providing a clear overview of the subject’s applications. This edition serves as a valuable resource for anyone interested in the foundational aspects of mathematics and its relevance to modern technological society.
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Calculus, invented by Newton and Leibniz in the seventeenth century, has played a decisive role in the development of mathematics and the growth of our present technological society. It is an indispensable tool of both the pure and applied sciences and is one of the cornerstones of modern mathematics. It has provided ways of understanding such phenomena as the velocity of a moving object at any moment, the rate at which moving objects change their speeds and, more generally, the way in which quantities vary as factors affecting them change. In this book, the author tells what calculus is about in simple nontechnical language, understandable to any interested reader.
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