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The calculus quarrel.(feud between Isaac Newton and Baron Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz over who invented calculus)(Brief Article)
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February 1, 2002|
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If you think mathematics is all logic and no emotion, guess again. Three hundred years ago, a furious feud erupted over who created calculus. Facing off in the fight were England's Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) and Germany's Baron Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716).
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