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David Berlinski on Science

born 1942 United States

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The derivative is an artifact, the first of the great concepts of modern science that fails conspicuously to correspond to anything in real life.

A Tour of the Calculus (1995)

It is here, at this very moment when the first utterly trivial differential equation is solved, that the secret form of words is revealed that makes modern science possible.

A Tour of the Calculus (1995)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: David Berlinski (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.