Newton and Leibniz each invent calculus in secret and then spend a lifetime fighting over credit, while the Bernoulli dynasty and a penniless Huguenot refugee named De Moivre turn the new machine loose on the mathematics of chance.
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builds on X · Precursors to Calculus
Newton: The Greatest Scientist Who Ever Lived?
Biography
L398
The Plague Years: When Newton Invented Everything
Biography
L401
Newton's Method of Fluxions: The Birth of Calculus
Calculus
L402
The Derivative: Instantaneous Rate of Change
Calculus
L403
The Integral: Accumulation and Area
Calculus
L404
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Calculus
L405
Newton's Method: Finding Roots by Iteration
Calculus
L409
Leibniz: The Other Inventor of Calculus
Biography
L410
Leibniz's Notation: Why dx and ∫ Won
Calculus
L411
Leibniz's Dream: A Universal Calculus of Reasoning
Logic
L413
Binary Numbers: Leibniz's Vision of Digital Computing
Arithmetic
L414
Newton vs Leibniz: Mathematics' Greatest Feud
Biography
L416
Jacob Bernoulli: The Law of Large Numbers
Probability
L417
Ars Conjectandi: The Art of Conjecturing
Probability
L418
Bernoulli Numbers: A Sequence That Keeps Appearing
Number Theory
L419
The Bernoulli Distribution: Success or Failure
Probability
L420
The Brachistochrone: When the Shortest Path Isn't the Fastest
Calculus
L422
Daniel Bernoulli: Expected Utility and the St. Petersburg Paradox
Probability
L423
The Bernoulli Family: Mathematical Dynasty
Biography
L424
De Moivre: The Refugee Who Discovered the Normal Curve
Biography
L425
The Bell Curve Appears: De Moivre's Approximation
Statistics
L426
De Moivre's Formula: Complex Numbers Meet Trigonometry
Algebra
L427
The Doctrine of Chances: The First Statistics Book
Probability
L428
TERRITORY XI
Rival Inventors
1665 CE - 1740 CE
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Builds on X · Precursors to Calculus
Newton: The Greatest Scientist Who Ever Lived?
Lesson 398
The Plague Years: When Newton Invented Everything
Lesson 401
Newton's Method of Fluxions: The Birth of Calculus
Lesson 402
The Derivative: Instantaneous Rate of Change
Lesson 403
The Integral: Accumulation and Area
Lesson 404
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Lesson 405
Newton's Method: Finding Roots by Iteration
Lesson 409
Leibniz: The Other Inventor of Calculus
Lesson 410
Leibniz's Notation: Why dx and ∫ Won
Lesson 411
Leibniz's Dream: A Universal Calculus of Reasoning
Lesson 413
Binary Numbers: Leibniz's Vision of Digital Computing
Lesson 414
Newton vs Leibniz: Mathematics' Greatest Feud
Lesson 416
Jacob Bernoulli: The Law of Large Numbers
Lesson 417
Ars Conjectandi: The Art of Conjecturing
Lesson 418
Bernoulli Numbers: A Sequence That Keeps Appearing
Lesson 419
The Bernoulli Distribution: Success or Failure
Lesson 420
The Brachistochrone: When the Shortest Path Isn't the Fastest
Lesson 422
Daniel Bernoulli: Expected Utility and the St. Petersburg Paradox
Lesson 423
The Bernoulli Family: Mathematical Dynasty
Lesson 424
De Moivre: The Refugee Who Discovered the Normal Curve
Lesson 425
The Bell Curve Appears: De Moivre's Approximation
Lesson 426
De Moivre's Formula: Complex Numbers Meet Trigonometry
Lesson 427
The Doctrine of Chances: The First Statistics Book