Calculus 'One of the greatest contributions to modern mathematics, science, and engineering was the invention of calculus near the end of the 17th century,' says The New Book of Popular Science. Without the invention of calculus, many technological accomplishments, such as the landing on the moon, would have been difficult. The word 'calculus' originated from the Latin word meaning pebble. This is probably because people many years ago used pebbles to count and do …showed first 75 words of 576 total…

…showed last 75 words of 576 total…you will need to learn and memorize some theorems and identities to be able to expand and breakdown equations. THE NEW BOOK OF POPULAR SCIENCE Calculus p.431 - 433 Brief Calculus and its Applications Larry J. Goldstein / David C. Lay / David L. Schneider McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology #3 ed. 7 A First Course in Calculus Lang, Serge Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Calculus for Business and Economics Childress, Robert L. Prentice Hall inc. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey