Calculus
'One of the greatest contributions to modern mathematics, science, and engineering was
the invention of calculus near the end of the 17th century,' says The New Book of Popular
Science. Without the invention of calculus, many technological accomplishments, such as the
landing on the moon, would have been difficult.
The word 'calculus' originated from the Latin word meaning pebble. This is probably
because people many years ago used pebbles to count and do arithmetic problems.
The two people with an enormous contribution to the discovery of the theorems of
calculus were Sir Is…
