Philosophy
Before you run away in fear of having seen the word calculus, let me preface this entry by saying that you don't have to understand how it works, or even be able to do it, to understand and appreciate why it's important and why calculus represents one of the greatest intellectual achievements of human history: the modern world would not exist without it. You may choose to turn a blind eye to it, but that doesn't make it go away, so why not embrace it?
And while you probably know that it was invented, that's right... invented, by two geniuses, Newton and Leibniz, working (mainly) independently of each other, do you know the differences in their approaches? If you've never quite had an appreciation for the beauty and elegance of math, the following short documentary, should be able to change that:
And if you don't know anything about the priority dispute between these two men, here is a short introduction to that regrettable nightmare:
Did you know both Newton and Leibniz were first-borns? From the perspective of evolutionary psychology, it makes a lot of sense why their priority dispute got so heated and cantankerous. Now Wallace and Darwin, on the other hand, were way later-borns, and look how that turned out :)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
(1646-1716) The German philosopher Leibniz (also spelled as Leibnitz) was one of the greatest minds of all time. He is also known as the ?Aristotle of the Seventeenth Century? because he touched nearly every subject under the sun. His works cover a broad...
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After exploring the birth of the scientific revolution as it took place in England, and tracing the consequences of that revolution as they manifested in and helped fuel the industrial revolution, today's episode of this fascinating documentary series...
- Darwin: The Most Revolutionary Scientist Of All Time
150 years ago today, Chuck Darwin published his famous On the Origin of Species, so it's appropriate to dedicate today's entry to the brilliance and imaginative power of this radical intellectual. In the following thought-provoking lecture, Richard...
- An Interview With I. Newton
An amusing narrative... Some years ago I happened to be listening to a lecture given by Gregory Chaitin on what he called as ”digital philosophy.” In the following night, just before falling asleep, I was lying on my bed wondering what Isaac Newton,...
- Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier De Breteuil, Marquise Du Châtelet...voltaire-newton-leibniz
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Philosophy
The Birth of Calculus - Newton and Leibniz
And while you probably know that it was invented, that's right... invented, by two geniuses, Newton and Leibniz, working (mainly) independently of each other, do you know the differences in their approaches? If you've never quite had an appreciation for the beauty and elegance of math, the following short documentary, should be able to change that:
And if you don't know anything about the priority dispute between these two men, here is a short introduction to that regrettable nightmare:
Did you know both Newton and Leibniz were first-borns? From the perspective of evolutionary psychology, it makes a lot of sense why their priority dispute got so heated and cantankerous. Now Wallace and Darwin, on the other hand, were way later-borns, and look how that turned out :)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
(1646-1716) The German philosopher Leibniz (also spelled as Leibnitz) was one of the greatest minds of all time. He is also known as the ?Aristotle of the Seventeenth Century? because he touched nearly every subject under the sun. His works cover a broad...
- The Genius Of Britain - Episode 3
After exploring the birth of the scientific revolution as it took place in England, and tracing the consequences of that revolution as they manifested in and helped fuel the industrial revolution, today's episode of this fascinating documentary series...
- Darwin: The Most Revolutionary Scientist Of All Time
150 years ago today, Chuck Darwin published his famous On the Origin of Species, so it's appropriate to dedicate today's entry to the brilliance and imaginative power of this radical intellectual. In the following thought-provoking lecture, Richard...
- An Interview With I. Newton
An amusing narrative... Some years ago I happened to be listening to a lecture given by Gregory Chaitin on what he called as ”digital philosophy.” In the following night, just before falling asleep, I was lying on my bed wondering what Isaac Newton,...
- Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier De Breteuil, Marquise Du Châtelet...voltaire-newton-leibniz
Émilie du Châtelet December 17th, 1706 to September 10th, 1749 Émilie du Châtelet was a French mathematician and physicist who was the mistress of Voltaire. She took to mathematics and the sciences, being exposed to distinguished guests of her aristocratic...