6 ideas
18086 | Weierstrass eliminated talk of infinitesimals [Weierstrass, by Kitcher] |
18092 | Weierstrass made limits central, but the existence of limits still needed to be proved [Weierstrass, by Bostock] |
15312 | We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
15311 | Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |