Byline: Amir Alexander
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The War against Disorder: The Jesuit Victory over Indivisibles
On August 10, 1632, the Revisors General of the Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuit Order, forcefully condemned the doctrine that the continuum is composed of infinitely small atoms and forbade it from being pursued, taught, or even entertained. In a blog that reads like a thriller, historian of mathematics Amir Alexander (UCLA)…