Isaac Newton · Science

The Invention of Calculus

Newton’s invention of the calculus - the mathematics of change, motion, and the infinitely small - which gave science the tool to describe a world in continuous flux.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Newton invented the calculus to describe change and motion. Explain what problem the calculus solves and why it was essential to the new physics.

Leads to Leibniz.

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