November 3, 2017
Calculus
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Mathematics
Sir Isaac Newton
Mechanical Engineering student from Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Author Portfolio PageJulia Aleman
This is an article that I really enjoyed reading. I never knew that there was so much drama and tension in the backstory of creating calculus. I guess back then it was really hard to tell if they Leibniz was really telling the truth or if he planarized his actions. Even though Newton got all of the glory and praise for being the one to discover it, it still seems like Leibniz had bad timing and overall got the short end of the stick on this discovery.
06/03/2021
11:00 pm
Daniel Matheu Baldor
I enjoyed a lot reading this article. I love maths and everything that is related to them. I can not belive what these two men did almost four hundred years ago. They had no machines or anything else to help them, just their own heads. I do not like to hear that Leibniz was accused of plagiarizing Newton´s work. I think it is better to recognize their works and be grateful for what they discovered.
27/08/2021
11:00 pm
Johnson Yougie
Is it possible for Newton to have identified the particular part of his work that was plagiarized in Lebniz work?
28/10/2021
11:00 pm
Michael Tamajong
You don’t create laws. You discover them.
05/01/2022
11:00 pm
Dhwani Chandi
As a math major it was so interesting to learn that these 2 persons who are the father of calculus never even met each other and how their discoveries were simultaneous but independent, Also this article defines a solid foundation of WHY it will be unreasonable to say that Leibniz plagiarized Newton’s work and also the famous lines said by Newton “If I have seen a little further than others it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants” is the proof that many mathematicians previously have worked hard on math to help them discovering calculus.
15/01/2022
11:00 pm
Kanum Parker
This a great example of putting 2 great minds together to create something new. These 2 have created a math. that has helped us understand the universe and has helped us advance. Although there was some dispute between the 2 they were found to be independent people with the same views but in different ways. Whatever the case this is an amazing story and gives a great story on how 2 people can discover something around the same time.
05/02/2022
11:00 pm
Jorge Martinez
Personally, I have never really liked the term “invented” in terms of a new branch in mathematics. It makes it sound like it was never in conception and contradicts my view that mathematics is a subject of discovery. I think it is amazing that two minds were tackling the same problem from different approaches. This can lead to more discovery when we put their work together. Both mathematicians should be credited in the foundation of calculus.
20/08/2022
11:00 pm
Esteban Serrano
Hey Sebastian, Great article. I really enjoyed reading it. Math has always been my struggle, even more so now that I am in college, and my struggles in high school. The article is interesting in terms of the founding of it and Leibniz being accused of copying, or what we know it now, as “plagiarizing.” It just is fascinating on the level of discovery both men contributed to the evolution of science and math in very unique ways, I might add. Great job with your research and congratulations on your research!
16/10/2022
11:00 pm
Ian Poll
It’s an interesting idea that some advances are destined to happen when given the right circumstances. The discoveries can be seen like dominos, one accomplishment leads to another and so on, but it never occurred to me that the same discovery could be made in completely unique ways. It is sad to read the Leibniz was accused of plagiarism, but his efforts weren’t for nothing as his notation became a standard in calculus.
15/01/2023
11:00 pm
Nathan Castillo
I really enjoyed reading this article. I began to love math back in high school and it eventually made me want to major in math. It is really unfortunate to hear about Leibniz being accused of plagiarizing Newton. Because Newton had not published anything, Leibniz had thought he had discovered something new, and he did, but it just seems that all the credit to the discovery of calculus goes all the way back to Isaac Newton.
18/10/2020
11:00 pm