Reasoning with the infinite: From the closed world to the mathematical universe. Translated by M.B. DeBevoise (1998)
Blay, Michel (Author)
University of Chicago Press
Physical Details: x + 216 pp.; illus.; notes; bibl.; index
Description Contents: 1: Infinity eliminated, or, Huygens's theory of the motion of heavy bodies. 2: First and last ratios in the Newtonian theory of central forces. 3: The science of motion in the workshops of infinity. 4: Motion algorithmized. Epilogue: Fontenelle and the reasons of infinity.
Review Dauben, J.W. (1999) Review of "Reasoning with the infinite: From the closed world to the mathematical universe. Translated by M.B. DeBevoise". Science (p. 1122).
Review Meli, D. Bertoloni (1999) Review of "Reasoning with the infinite: From the closed world to the mathematical universe. Translated by M.B. DeBevoise". Physics Today (pp. 62-64).
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