An Infinitesimal Victory For The People. Meanwhile a similar situation was playing out in England, where civil war was also threatening upheaval.

Alan Hirshfeld reviews "Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World," by Amir Alexander.

Modern scientists have been able to study ever smaller particles of matter. Recently the pursuit of the infinitesimal reached a new vanishing point. An R.C.A. microphysicist developed an ...

Indeed, it is man’s knowledge of the infinitesimal that most fully exhibits both the persistence and the reasoning powers of the human species. That claim is sometimes made for astronomy, ...

The artist, who died this week at the age of 84, made Minimalism new. He once described the painting’s edges as “the infinitesimal hinge between.” ...

Alan Hirshfeld reviews "Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World," by Amir Alexander.