Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Preface to the Princeton Science Library Edition xv
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. CHAPTER 1. Newton 5
8. CHAPTER 2. Leibniz 20
9. CHAPTER 3. The Bernoullis 35
10. CHAPTER 4. Euler 52
11. CHAPTER 5. First Interlude 69
12. CHAPTER 6. Cauchy 76
13. CHAPTER 7. Riemann 96
14. CHAPTER 8. Liouville 116
15. CHAPTER 9. Weierstrass 128
16. CHAPTER 10. Second Interlude 149
17. CHAPTER 11. Cantor 158
18. CHAPTER 12. Volterra 170
19. CHAPTER 13. Baire 183
20. CHAPTER 14. Lebesgue 200
21. Afterword 220
22. Notes 223
23. Index 233