because of his constant questioning and arguing against anything his professors said that could not be backed up by solid proof? ... Even as a student, he could not tolerate superstition or claims not backed up by proof, preferably mathematical (Levinger 8). ... Unlike his predecessors, he had proof to back up his claims. ... He admitted in 1597 (albeit only in a private letter to his German contemporary Johannes Kepler) to his belief in the Copernican doctrine, but said that he would not come forward with his views because he had no proof, and was afraid of ridicule in the scientific co...

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Heraclitus makes the statement that "you can't step into the same river twice.... This is the basis of Heraclitus' statement, the fact that reality, and the river, has ceaseless change. ... You can also look at relations of ideas in the fact that when you think of geometrical shape in your mind, you can think of operations to perform on that shape in your mind. ... Reason cannot achieve as much. ... We reason things in our world quite a bit through ideas. ...

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HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CALCULUS Team Number: 6   Name                                                            ID No 1.    DEEPANSHU TIWARI                                 ...

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