Infinitesimal - by Amir Alexander (Paperback)

About the Book Originally published in hardcover in 2014 by Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Book Synopsis Pulsing with drama and excitement, Infinitesimal celebrates the spirit of discovery, innovation, and intellectual achievement-and it will forever change the way you look at a simple line. On August 10, 1632, five men in flowing black robes convened in a somber Roman palazzo to pass judgment on a deceptively simple proposition: that a continuous line is composed of