Abstract
AMONG several notable characteristics possessed by this work, the most prominent appears to be the severity of its logic. In one important respect it differs also from the usual English mathematical treatise—it seems to speak to the student, warning him against too probable error and giving him advice. This is a feature which should be encouraged. The aim of the writer of a text-book should be to educate his reader, frankly recognising the imperfections of human nature, and not merely to set forth a work of unassailable art full of unimpeachable truths.
An Elementary Treatise on the Calculus, with Illustrations from Geometry, Mechanics and Physics.
By George A. Gibson, Professor of Mathematics in the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. Pp. xix + 459. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1901.) Price 7s. 6d.
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MINCHIN, G. A New Treatise on the Calculus . Nature 65, 530–531 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/065530a0
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