★ 皇家學會科學圖書獎入圍作,最有故事性的數學史鉅作★ 從阿基米德到人工智慧,一口氣看懂微積分如何改變世界★ 沒有微積分,就沒有電腦、GPS、太空旅行與現代科技文明★ 天才、競爭、爭議與革命交織,一本讀來像史詩冒險的科普傑作這是一本把微積分寫得像歷史小說般精采的科普經典。史蒂芬.史卓格茲不只解釋數學,更帶領讀者看見天才們如何用思想改寫世界。從古代幾何到AI時代,本書呈現微積分如何成為現代文明最深層、也最驚人的力量。Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2019A magisterial history of calculus (and the people behind it) from one of the world's foremost mathematicians. This is the captivating story of mathematics' greatest ever idea: calculus. Without it, there would be no computers, no microwave ovens, no GPS, and no space travel.But before it gave modern man almost infinite powers, calculus was behind centuries of controversy, competition, and even death. Taking us on a thrilling journey through three millennia, professor Steven Strogatz charts the development of this seminal achievement from the days of Archimedes to today's breakthroughs in chaos theory and artificial intelligence. Filled with idiosyncratic characters from Pythagoras to Fourier, Infinite Powers is a compelling
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