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The Calculus: A Genetic Approach Paperback - 2007

by Otto Toeplitz; Foreword by David Bressoud


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When first published posthumously in 1963, this bookpresented a radically different approach to the teaching of calculus. In sharp contrast to the methods of his time, Otto Toeplitz did not teach calculus as a static system of techniques and facts to be memorized. Instead, he drew on his knowledge of the history of mathematics and presented calculus as an organic evolution of ideas beginning with the discoveries of Greek scholars, such as Archimedes, Pythagoras, and Euclid, and developing through the centuries in the work of Kepler, Galileo, Fermat, Newton, and Leibniz. Through this unique approach, Toeplitz summarized and elucidated the major mathematical advances that contributed to modern calculus. Reissued for the first time since 1981 and updated with a new foreword, this classic text in the field of mathematics is experiencing a resurgence of interest among students and educators of calculus today.

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  • Title The Calculus: A Genetic Approach
  • Author Otto Toeplitz; Foreword by David Bressoud
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 201
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, U.S.A.
  • Date June 1, 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780226806686 / 0226806685
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.41 x 5.6 x 0.6 in (21.36 x 14.22 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Holiday: Christmas
  • Library of Congress subjects Calculus, Processes, Infinite
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006034201
  • Dewey Decimal Code 515

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Citations

  • Scitech Book News, 03/01/2008, Page 35

About the author

Otto Toeplitz (1881-1940) was a leading scholar in linear algebra and functional analysis. He was the author of many scholarly articles and coauthor of The Enjoyment of Mathematics.

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