Invention of Calculus was one of the greatest discoveries ever. ... Newton was the first to apply calculus to general physics and Leibniz developed much of the notation used in calculus today; he often spent days determining appropriate symbols for concepts. ... Today, both Newton and Leibniz are given credit for developing calculus independently. ... Newton called his calculus "the science of fluxions". ... The best known of today' calculus was published by Newton. ...

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• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Dream Yet to be Realized. Almost fifty years have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court declared, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that laws separating the races in school are unconstitutional. Hundreds of lawsuits later, black and white students were bused back and for...

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Our only rule is to stay within the fence. ... Teams are clubs; victories and defeats are real, not made-up; and rules are presumably applied evenly. ... Many sports psychologists and physical educators believe that before age 12, children simply aren't ready to perform the complex sequences of skills that many team sports require, just as calculus would flummox a kid still struggling with long division. ...

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• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Krannawitter points out, the "Southern demand for federal slave protection represented a demand for an unprecedented expansion of federal power." ... Buchanan said that the Dred Scott decision was proof that the South had no reason for secession, and that the Union "... was intended to be perpetual," but that, "The power by force of arms to compel a State to remain in the Union," was not among the "... enumerated powers granted to Congress." the National Banking Act and the authorization of United States Notes by the Legal Tender Act of 1862. ...

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Krannawitter points out, the "Southern demand for federal slave protection represented a demand for an unprecedented expansion of federal power." ... Buchanan said that the Dred Scott decision was proof that the South had no reason for secession, and that the Union "... was intended to be perpetual," but that, "The power by force of arms to compel a State to remain in the Union," was not among the "... enumerated powers granted to Congress." the National Banking Act and the authorization of United States Notes by the Legal Tender Act of 1862. ...

• Word Count: 7511
• Approx Pages: 30
• Grade Level: High School