Who do you believe developed calculus?
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I'm sure you know more about calculus than I do, but I had to mention that Neil Stephenson wrote a pretty good trilogy called the Baroque Cycle or something along those lines. First book is called Quicksilver. It's a historical fiction and it uses Newton and Leibniz as character as they work out the basics of calculus. You might find it interesting.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/sto...
As for the original question, Newton was first but he didn't publish first, so he didn't get the full credit.
Edit: Yes, my grammar is very poor as I never did well in English class. I'll try and fix things a little just for you. :) I don't really think so. It's pretty much 90% off topic by now.
somebody with way too much time on their hands
Well, they both invented it independently. Newton got it first, but he sat on it for a while, until Leibniz published his version.
I prefer Leibniz's notation, though.
barney the dinosaur
Actually, Newton and Leibnitz rediscovered the Calculus (which is technically refered to Standard Analysis. The word "calculus" more or less just means a mathematical system of sorts.) Archimedes was the original discoverer, as we now know from his Palimpsest. Basically, he came up with the concept of the integral way before either of these two guys.
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Bhaskara and Madhava (both of India) are also sometimes referred to as "fathers of calculus".
Well, Arbitrage, we meet again. I think your answer is the best.
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