Summary of Carl Boyer's History of the Calculus and its Conceptual Development

In this 309 page book, Carl Boyer takes the reader from the origins of mathematics, where soon geometry and arithmetic became widely used to measure "static" dimensions, to the gestation of calculus as the basic tool to measure "dynamic" events.

This required the introduction of the graphic representation of the equations that represent physical events, and a fascinating debate about the rigorous application of the concept of infinity, one of the philosophical pillars which supports the theory of calculus