I completely agree with what's being said here (and it was the point I made, which makes me feel very validated). I don't teach math at a university, but I do two heavily math-related majors at a university, and I was just discussing this podcast with someone the other day. Zeno's paradoxes), but I'm not sure anymore stuff like that matters. I'd used to think it could be an introduction for everyone to how you can try/fail/succeed in approaching problems that can't be intuitively understood (i.e. Ultimately calculus is pointless unless you need it or care about it. I'd definitely prefer a better book on the subject. The Boyer history is quite old and probably not what late 20th century students expect from a 'history' (especially in terms of tone), but it was the only option at the time. The end of chapter problems in Apostol's caculus are the best examples of guided self discovery I've ever encountered in a math textbook. Random articles/essays/chapters on limits

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The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual DevelopmentĪpostol's historically informed 2 volume 'Calculus' My views of higher education were largely shaped by learning calculus in a bog standard high school class, and then relearning it with: Stats is more useful/applicable for the average citizen, but calculus can be the doorway to higher learning whether you're an engineer or a poet, especially if it is taught in historical rather than logical order.

Statistics vs calculus