Re:So You Want to Learn Physics
by mafribe on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @02:48PM
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It's probably a matter of taste.
Once you understand the maths clearly, it becomes much easier to understand the failures of the past. For example, reading Newton and Leibniz on calculus makes it clear that it was epsilon/delta waiting to get out.
Re:So You Want to Learn Physics
by j2kun on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @02:55PM
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I guess my point is that, since most people find the math hard, writers put history in as what appears to be filler, which I find as mostly an obstacle.
Once you understand the maths clearly, it becomes much easier to understand the failures of the past. For example, reading Newton and Leibniz on calculus makes it clear that it was epsilon/delta waiting to get out.