I'm doing a report on Sir Isaac Newton and I would like to know if he was the inventor of calculus. Thanks.
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Gottfried Wilhelm von LEIBNIZ\n(1646-1716)  . \n\n \n Leibniz, sometimes called the last universal genius, invented at least two things that are essential for the modern world: calculus, and the binary system. \nModern physics, math, engineering would be unthinkable without the former: the fundamental method of dealing with infinitesimal numbers. Leibniz developed it around 1673. In 1679, he perfected the notation for integration and differentiation that everyone is still using today. \n\nThe bit and the binary system he invented around 1679, and published in 1701. This became the basis of virtually all modern computers. \n\nLeibniz' final years were overshadowed by a priority fight with the powerful president of the Royal Society, Isaac Newton, who claimed he had invented calculus before Leibniz (without publishing it), and who made friends sign texts he wrote to support this claim.
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Blaise Pascal (pronounced [blez pɑskɑl]), (June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators, the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalizing the work of Evangelista Torricelli. Pascal also wrote powerfully in defense of the scientific method.\n\nHe was a mathematician of the first order. Pascal helped create two major new areas of research. He wrote a significant treatise on the subject of projective geometry at the age of sixteen and corresponded with Pierre de Fermat from 1654 on probability theory, strongly influencing the development of modern economics and social science.\n\nFollowing a mystical experience in late 1654, he abandoned his scientific work and devoted himself to philosophy and theology. His two most famous works date from this period: the Lettres provinciales and the Pensées. However, he had suffered from ill-health throughout his life and his new interests were ended by his early death two months after his 39th birthday.
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The Edifier has it right, but darned if I can follow the notation. You really need to see this written out like a textbook to understand what's going on.\n\nClick the link below in "sources" to see the answer hosted at my website www.calculus-help.com. Right now, Yahoo! answers, as far as I can tell, doesn't allow graphics, which makes it tricky to answer ANY math questions.\n\nPlease don't post math answers, guys, if the poster knows the answer but can't get there, and you get something completely different.
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Pundits use this quote as "the ultimate expression of humility in genius," but what they miss (and almsot everyone else too) is that Newton wrote that line to a very, very short man, a hunchedbacked fellow scientist with whom he was having a bitter feud.  Newton wrote a long letter to Robert Hooke on Feb 5, 1675, defending himself from charges of intellectual piracy, praising Hooke for trifles, and then Newton built to the famous quote "standing on the shouldersof giants" line. (adapted from a line about pygmies in the then-famous book called Anatomy of Melancholy.)  \nTranslation:  "While I admit to building on the work of my scientific predecessors, I certainly didn't learn anything from from a dwarf like you!"
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Philo T. Farnsworth \nhttp://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/farnsworth.htm
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Calculus is mathematics that deal often with the idea of infinity and non-linear (non-real) equations.  If we can develop mathematics that deal with these concepts, I think it proves we can understand the universe's infinite nature.
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would this be acceptable: \n\nhttp://www.fi.edu/pieces/knox/automaton/newtoncradle.htm
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Part of the Beauty of Einstein's work on relativity is how easy it applied all the existing work, including Newton's work. When it comes to calculating forces necessary to bend light around a sun relativity does come into play.  And you are right early attempts were thwarted by weather and such. As I recall the first such measurements were carried out by a party that journeyed down to South Africa to make observations during a solar eclipse.  They were doing it, not to prove Newton's work, but to test the need for Einstein's corrective formulas.  The measurements were a roaring success and Einstein's ideas concerning Spacetime was quickly excepted by the larger scientific community.\n\nAppended thoughts - Before we get all sanctimonious here, let us keep in mind Newton and Einstein were 300 years apart, both men were geniuses, both men were deeply religious and both men DEFENDED errors in their thinking.  This is what Kuhn talked of when he put forth his ideas on Paradigm Shifts.  It was Maxwell who punched holes in Newton's thinking on Aether and it was Bohr who ushered in Quantum Mechanics. And it was hundred other people making a hundred other contributions that have gotten us where we are today.  And there will probably be a hundred more in the future trying to sort out these difficult questions.
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Sir Issac Newton and the apple?
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Look up Gauss. Story is he added up 1..100 in grade school and invented the n*(N+1)/2.
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give me ten points if u need further help just mail to me.\n\nhttp://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/AllBrowsers/2413/2413.asp\n\nhttp://www.calculus.org/\n\nhttp://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~mikew/free_calc.pdf\n\nhttp://www.math.gatech.edu/~cain/notes/calculus.html\n\nhttp://www.exambot.com/cgi/topic/list.cgi/math/difc?class=hlink
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Check out Stewart's Calculus(refer to the first link). If you are looking for something  more rigorous refer to Apostol's Calculus(refer to second link).
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Einstein... wait no was it newton... ya it was newton not einstein and plus those people who signed that delcaration of independence count too...
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This may not be the simplist answer, but you may be able to read it and make it simple for him.\n\nGood luck.\n\nHeres the link:\n\nhttp://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem00/chem00802.htm
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im pretty sure itz derived from newtons laws. his F=ma.
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Try here:/\n\nhttp://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/
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square and triangle areas introduces by archemides beside circle\nall other shapes areas and volumes came as a resul fo calclus which invented by sir issac newton\nin 800-1500 muslims contributed a lotin circular geometry and arc lengths so they build mosqe with alot of arcs and domes in it \nwhat i wrote abouve is to my kowlege and ont enough for ur project so this site may help \nhttp://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/Math/default.asp