The History of the Priority Dispute between Newton and Leibniz: Mathematics in History and Culture (2018)
Sonar, Thomas (Author)
Morton, Patricia (Translator)
Morton, Keith William (Translator)
Morton, Patricia
Morton, Keith William
Birkhäuser
Physical Details: 549 pp.
Language: English
This book provides a thrilling history of the famous priority dispute between Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Isaac Newton, presenting the episode for the first time in the context of cultural history. It introduces readers to the background of the dispute, details its escalation, and discusses the aftermath of the big divide – an approach that offers general readers interested in the history of sciences and mathematics a window into the world of these two giants in their field. From the epilogue to the German edition by Eberhard Knobloch:Thomas Sonar has traced the emergence and the escalation of this conflict, which was heightened by Leibniz’s rejection of Newton’s gravitation theory, in a grandiose, excitingly written monograph. With absolute competence, he also explains the mathematical context so that non-mathematicians will also profit from the book. Quod erat demonstrandum!
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