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Period: Oct 7, 1500 to
Calculus
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Jan 1, 1570
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler developed the idea that the universe is governed by geometric relationships from inscribed and circumscribed circles of five polygons. -
Rene Descarte
Rene Descarte provided the first printed account of what is now called analytic or coordinated geometry. -
Bonaventura Cavaleiri
Bonaventura Cavaleiri calculates volumes using infinitely small sections. -
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal began working on the sine function and almost discovers calculus. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton retires to the countryside and it is there that he invents calculus. -
James Gregory
James Gregory includes a geometrical version of the fundamental theorem of calculus. -
Isaac Barrow
Isaav Barrow uses methods similar to calculus to draw tangents to curves and the areas bounded by curves. -
Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Leibniz introduces the modern notation for integration and the notation of differentiation. -
Jean Bernoulli
Jean Bernoulli discovers the method known as l'Hospital's Rule. -
Brook Taylor
Brook Taylor introduces his famous series in his book, in which he develops the calculus of finite differences.
