The Calculus: A Genetic Approach

Otto Toeplitz

ISBN 10: 0226806685 / ISBN 13: 9780226806686

Published by The University of Chicago Press, 2007

About this Item

When first published in 1963, more than two decades after Otto Toeplitz's death, this book presented a radically different approach to the teaching of calculus. In sharp contrast to the methods of his time, 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 is experiencing a resurgence of interest among students and teachers of calculus today.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Calculus: A Genetic Approach
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226806685
• ISBN 13: 9780226806686
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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.

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.