A Tour of the Calculus

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Summary: Calculablahblahblah
Review: Just reviewing to lower the average overall rating here. Trying to save some bucks for the masses.
Books like these are exactly the reason why some people do not understand mathematics. These people always complicate the abstracts in their head and get stuck in a rut. What does this book do? It encourages that kind of thinking.
Stay away from it!!!

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Summary: The colour of the calculus is apparently purple
Review: The book does a better than good job of putting the history and story of the calculus in an easy and entertaining format. However, at times David Berlinski gets very purple in his prose. Enough that I had to take periodic breaks away from reading it to find one of my eyes that rolled so much that it fell out of my head.

Rating:
Summary: The colour of the calculus is apparently purple
Review: The book does a better than good job of putting the history and story of the calculus in an easy and entertaining format. However, at times David Berlinski gets very purple in his prose. Enough that I had to take periodic breaks away from reading it to find one of my eyes that rolled so much that it fell out of my head.

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Summary: why mathematicians should stick to math
Review: Without any doubt, the single worst book I have ever read in my life. If you cherish the sanctity of your own mind, stay away from this book at all costs. It is convoluted, poorly written, and only complicated my knowledge of THE calculus. Berlinkski seems to rely on a very big thesarus to attempt to convey any point he tries to make. I got absolutely nothing out of this book.