Amir Alexander (Author of Infinitesimal)

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Amir Alexander teaches history at UCLA. He is the author of Geometrical Landscapes and Duel at Dawn. His work has been featured in Nature, the Guardian, among others. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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	Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World 3.87 avg rating — 1,000 ratings — published 2014 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Proof! How the World Became Geometrical 2.74 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine) 3.59 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liberty's Grid: A Founding Father, a Mathematical Dreamland, and the Shaping of America 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liberty's Grid: A Founding Father, a Mathematical Dreamland, and the Shaping of America 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Geometrical Landscapes: The Voyages of Discovery and the Transformation of Mathematical Practice 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Algorithmic Modernity: Mechanizing Thought and Action, 1500-2000 by Morgan G. Ames (editor), Massimo Mazzotti (Editor), J.B. Shank (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Amir Alexander: Duel at Dawn : Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics (Hardcover); 2010 Edition by Amir Alexander, unknown author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Voltaire would mock the empire as 鈥渘either Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire,”
― Amir Alexander, Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World

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“In other words, if geometry was top-down mathematics, the method of indivisibles was bottom-up mathematics.”
― Amir Alexander, Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World

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“The sole purpose of terms such as spirit and immortal soul was to allow unscrupulous and corrupt clergymen to frighten men and subject them to their will.”
― Amir Alexander, Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World

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