Philosophers at War: The Quarrel Between Newton and Leibniz

by A. Rupert Hall

Book Overview

Probably the most celebrated controversy in all of the history of science was that between Newton and Leibniz over the invention of the calculus. The argument ranged far beyond a mere priority dispute and took on the character of a war between two different philosophies of nature. Newton was the first to devise the methods of the calculus, but Leibniz (who independently discovered virtually identical methods) was the first to publish, in 1684. Mutual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052152489X
• ISBN13: 9780521524896
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"