Philosophers At War

Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press, (1980)., 1980. 8vo. xiii, 338 pp. Index. Cloth, dust-jacket; jacket worn. Ownership ink signature of David C. Lindberg. Very good. First edition. "Hall accounts for the ingredients of the famous controversy about the priority of the creation of the calculus; and in non-technical language he describes the difference between Newton's and Leibniz's approaches to… Read more about this item

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Probably the most celebrated controversy in all of the history of science was that between Newton and Leibniz over the invention of the calculus. Philosophers at War reveals how the dispute arose and became embittered, the dispositions

Cambridge University Press, 2002. . Reprint, 8vo., pp.xiii,338, paperback; light partial sunning to spine, internally fresh and otherwise near-fine.