The Thrilling Story Of Calculus

Starring Isaac Newton, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, and Abraham Robinson.

Newton’s personal copy of “Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica” (Image from Wikimedia Commons)

The story of calculus is seldom told in schools. Most students learn calculus as a rigid block of algorithms. Because of its seeming abstractness and lifelessness, the majority of students never build any meaningful connection with this creative branch of mathematics. However, the real story…