The Glory of Math Is to Matter
In 1842, when the famed German mathematician Carl Gustav Jacobi was invited to speak to a scientific meeting in Manchester, he had a surprise in store for his English hosts.
Stories by Amir Alexander
The Secret Spiritual History of Calculus
Integral calculus originated in a 17th-century debate that was as religious as it was scientific
A Brief History of Infinitesimals: The Idea That Gave Birth to Modern Calculus
Learning to see the infinite in lines, planes and solids changed math forever
