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The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development
by Carl B. Boyer

ISBN: 0486605094
Dover Publications Price: $14.95
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Fluent description of the development of both the integral and differential calculus. Early beginnings in antiquity, medieval contributions, and a century of anticipation lead up to a consideration of Newton and Leibniz, the period of indecison that followed them, and the final rigorous formulation that we know today.


Table of Contents for The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development
I. INTRODUCTION
II. CONCEPTIONS IN ANTIQUITY
III. MEDIEVAL CONTRIBUTIONS
IV. A CENTURY OF ANTICIPATION
V. NEWTON AND LEIBNIZ
VI. THE PERIOD OF INDECISION
VII. THE RIGOROUS FORMULATION
VIII. CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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