Calculus is the branch of mathematics that deals with the finding properties of derivatives and integrals of functions. ... : During the time of ancient Greek civilization, Eudoxus used the method of exhaustion, which foreshadowed the concept of limit. ... But before Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz, the word "Calculus " was just another word for mathematics in general. ... This lead to greater mathematical findings. ... From these definitions the inverse relationship or differential became clear and Leibniz quickly realized the potential to form a whole new system of mathematics. ...

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During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church had created a system of beliefs based on the teachings of ancient Greeks and Romans. ... "It claimed that the rate of fall of an object was determined by its weight, held that matter was constructed out of four possible elements, with different matter containing different combinations of these four, and described the universe as the Greek astronomer Ptolemy had described it, as a static and finite thing in which the Earth occupied the central position, with the sun and planets in revolution and the distant stars inhabiting its farthest edges."...

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Leibniz vs. Newton Leibniz went to school Leipzig. He started studying languages such as Latin and Greek at the age of twelve (1). He was such an intelligent man that he further taught himself these languages. Throughout his early teen years Leibniz studied Aristotle's logic and theory of categori...

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Astronomy Essay In the times of ancient Egypt and Greece, the early astronomers didn't have binoculars or telescopes. ... Because of eyesight problems he decided to focus his attention into mathematical equations and relying on others sightings. ...

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