Search in full dictionary
NEWTON (6)
NEWTON (6)
ScnMaster
Sir
Isaac
Newton
(1642 - 1727),
English
mathematician and natural
philosopher
, formulator of the
laws
of gravity and
motion
. In 1665,
Newton
hit
upon a new mathematical tool that he called "fluxions" or "flowing quantities." Today it is called "
calculus
."
See also
differential calculus
and
integral calculus
in this glossary.
—
PDC
Volume 7 Approved Glossary