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Introduction to Calculus - Int Math
An overview of the background to calculus and a list of some applications.
http://www.intmath.com/calculus/calculus-intro.php
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The Calculus Controversy - YouTube
Today, calculus is one of the most important fields of mathematics. However, two men claimed to be its inventor - Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axZTv5YJssA
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History of Calculus - Wikipedia
Calculus, known in its early history as infinitesimal calculus, is a mathematical discipline focused on limits, functions, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series. Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz independently invented calculus in the mid-17th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_calculus
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What is Calculus? - Math Scoop
What is Calculus? Answered in an easy to understand way with pictures, diagrams and no fancy words!
http://www.mathscoop.com/calculus/what-is-calculus.php
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5-Year-Olds Can Learn Calculus
Why playing with algebraic and calculus concepts-rather than doing arithmetic drills-may be a better way to introduce children to math.
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/03/5-year-olds-can-learn-calculus/284124/
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Calculus - Math Learning Guides
Struggling with calculus? Let us throw some explanations, examples, and practice problems at your problem.
http://www.shmoop.com/calculus/
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Calculus - What Is It? - YouTube
This video shows how calculus is both interesting and useful. Its history, practical uses, place in mathematics and wide use are all covered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INFoNeC1eBA
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The Secret Spiritual History of Calculus
In the 17th century Italian mathematician Bonaventura Cavalieri proposed that every plane is composed of an infinite number of lines and every solid of an infinite number of planes. One could use these indivisibles, he said, to calculate length, area and volume-an important step on the way to modern integral calculus.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-secret-spiritual-history-of-calculus/
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Calculus - Wikibooks
This wikibook aims to be a high quality calculus textbook through which users can master the discipline. Standard topics such as limits, differentiation and integration are covered, as well as several others.
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Calculus
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Calculus - Wikipedia
Calculus is the mathematical study of change, in the same way that geometry is the study of shape and algebra is the study of operations and their application to solving equations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus
