false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173715057m/316793.jpg 316793 5 Were it not for the calculus, mathematicians would have no way to describe the acceleration of a motorcycle or the effect of gravity on thrown balls and distant planets, or to prove that a man could cross a room and eventually touch the opposite wall. Just how calculus makes these things possible and in doing so finds a correspondence between real numbers and the real world is the subject of this dazzling book by a writer of extraordinary clarity and stylistic brio. Even as he initiates us into the mysteries of real numbers, functions, and limits, Berlinski explores the furthest implications of his subject, revealing how the calculus reconciles the precision of numbers with the fluidity of the changing universe. <br><br><br><br>"An odd and tantalizing book by a writer who takes immense pleasure in this great mathematical tool, and tries to create it in others."--New York Times Book Review 307614 1996 A Tour of the Calculus total:125|5:28|4:44|3:38|2:12|1:3| 125 457 222 22 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Jun 21 14:05:17 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 18:06:10 -0700 2008 1 1 false false Mon Dec 15 06:17:10 -0800 2008 Wed Sep 24 06:40:18 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 15 06:17:10 -0800 2008 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 28 23:46:28 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 23:49:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 07:40:48 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 07:48:30 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 08:06:18 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 06:48:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Wed Aug 27 09:40:12 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 22:38:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 22 20:38:50 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 19 13:51:12 -0800 2009 Berlinski's writing does more to obfuscate than clarify, and wearies rather than enlightens the reader. Understanding mathematics requires selectivity and focus. Berlinski demonstrates that writing about it requires neither. Perhaps the most w...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 12 18:12:58 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 18:17:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 25 18:29:22 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 18:31:36 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Sep 19 08:02:31 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 08:03:40 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Sep 01 13:05:39 -0700 2008 Thu May 14 14:19:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 17 18:24:23 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 28 08:33:08 -0700 2009 2 4 0 false false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 22 09:22:55 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 18 10:03:42 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Jan 04 08:55:56 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 10:34:26 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jul 22 13:34:06 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 10 09:20:01 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 22 13:34:06 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Wed Apr 09 18:03:32 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 18:04:20 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Aug 06 20:49:23 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 20:49:51 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 10:43:52 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 10:40:06 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Tue Jun 17 21:44:15 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 21:44:15 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Aug 13 13:53:45 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 14:43:04 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=316793