# A Tour of the Calculus

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- Book: [A Tour of the Calculus](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-berlinski/a-tour-of-the-calculus) ([A Tour of the Calculus.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-berlinski/a-tour-of-the-calculus.md))
- Authors: [David Berlinski](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-berlinski)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7974-788-8
- Pages: 352
- Published: 1997-01-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Were it not for the calculus, mathematicians would have no way to describe the acceleration of a motorcycle or the effect of gravity on thrown balls and distant planets, or to prove that a man could cross...