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- Title
ABOUT THE COVER: VOLTAIRE, DU CHÂTELET, AND NEWTON.
- Authors
ALEXANDERSON, GERALD L.
- Abstract
The article focuses on mathematics and Newton and Leibniz who developed the ideas of the calculus. It states that physicist Isaac Newton's Principia was an impressive mathematical and scientific talent during the first half of the 18 century and Newton's complicated notation is often cited as a reason that British mathematics lagged behind. It mentions that the mathematician Marquise Du Châtelet became a potent force in advancing the case for Newton on the Continent.
- Subjects
MATHEMATICS; CALCULUS; NEWTON, Isaac, 1642-1727; MATHEMATICAL notation; DU Chatelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749; HISTORY
- Publication
Bulletin (New Series) of the American Mathematical Society, 2015, Vol 52, Issue 1, p115
- ISSN
0273-0979
- Publication type
Article