Download or read book The Tangled Origins of the Leibnizian Calculus written by Richard C. Brown and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2012 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Evolution or revolution in mathematics -- 2. Issues in seventeenth century mathematics -- 3. Isaac Barrow: a foil to Leibniz -- 4. A young central European polymath -- 5. First steps in mathematics -- 6. The creation of calculus -- 7. Logic -- 8. The universal characteristic -- 9. The baroque cultural context -- 10. Epilogue -- 11. Some concluding remarks on mathematical change -- Appendices.