He mentions Amir Alexander's book "Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World". It's a gripping read, I would highly recommend it. Here is a quote:

    On August 10, 1632, five men in flowing black robes convened
    in a somber Roman palazzo to pass judgment on a deceptively
    simple proposition: that a continuous line is composed
    of distinct and infinitely tiny parts. With the stroke
    of a pen the Jesuit fathers banned the doctrine of infinitesimals,
    announcing that it could never be taught or even mentioned.
    The concept was deemed dangerous and subversive, a threat
    to the belief that the world was an orderly place, governed
    by a strict and unchanging set of rules. If infinitesimals
    were ever accepted, the Jesuits feared, the entire world
    would be plunged into chaos.