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Who invented the calculus?

Following on from last year, this series of lectures traces the historical development of mathematics in the thousand years from Islamic Baghdad.


The development of the calculus brought together two seemingly unrelated problems: how do things change, and how large are they? We develop the story from the early days of logarithms in Gresham College, to Newton’s work on gravitation and the calculus, and ask: Did the apple really fall on Newton’s head?

This lecture will be repeated on the same day at 6pm

London Mathematical Society


Speaker(s):

Professor Robin Wilson | talks | www

 

Date and Time:

16 November 2005 at 1:00 pm

Duration:

1 hour

 

Venue:

Gresham College
Barnard's Inn Hall
Holborn
London
EC1N 2HH
+44 20 78 31 05 75
http://www.gresham.ac.uk

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