Author: Ian Tweddle
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: physical, mathematics, sciences, history, sources, dissertations, maclaurin, studies
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2006-11-15
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 1846285933
ISBN-13: 9781846285936

This book presents important works by the Scottish mathematician Colin MacLaurin (1698-1746), translated in English for the first time. It includes three of the mathematician’s less known and often hard to obtain works. A general introduction puts the works in context and gives an outline of MacLaurin’s career. Each translation is also accompanied by an introduction and analyzed both in modern terms and from a historical point of view.