@article{838583,
      author = {Sonar, Th. and Knobloch, Eberhard,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/838583},
      title = {The history of the priority dispute between Newton and  Leibniz : mathematics in history and culture /},
      abstract = {This book provides a thrilling history of the famous  priority dispute between Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and  Isaac Newton, presenting the episode for the first time in  the context of cultural history. It introduces readers to  the background of the dispute, details its escalation, and  discusses the aftermath of the big divide, which extended  well into recent times. One of the unique features of the  book is that the mathematics behind the story is very  intelligibly explained – an approach that offers general  readers interested in the history of sciences and  mathematics a window into the world of these two giants in  their field. From the epilogue to the German edition by  Eberhard Knobloch: Thomas Sonar has traced the emergence  and the escalation of this conflict, which was heightened  by Leibniz’s rejection of Newton’s gravitation theory,  in a grandiose, excitingly written monograph. With absolute  competence, he also explains the mathematical context so  that non-mathematicians will also profit from the book.  Quod erat demonstrandum! From the reviews for the German  language edition ….. This book provides a vivid and  easy-reading picture of many political and scientific  aspects of the end of the 17th and the beginning of the  18th century, and constitutes an excellent guide to the  existing secondary literature for laymen as well as for  specialists…. Stefan Neuwirth in: Zentralblatt MATH 1343  — 1 (1343.01005) An extremely readable book on one of the  most memorable episodes in the history of sciences. Manfred  Jacobi in: Physik in unserer Zeit, Jg. 47, Heft 5,  September 2016.--},
      recid = {838583},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
}