Who Gave You the Epsilon? Cauchy and the Origins of Rigorous Calculus

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsJudith V. GrabinerJudith V. Grabiner has taught the history of science since 1972 at California State University, Dominguez Hills, where she is Professor of History. After getting a B. S. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago, she received her M. A. and Ph. D. (1966) at Harvard University. She is Book Review Editor of Historia Mathematica, Chairman of the Southern California Section of the Mathematical Association of America, and the author of The Origins of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus (M. I. T. Press, 1981). In 1982–1983 she was Visiting Professor of History at U. C. L. A.