Calculus II at Freedom of Science

Published by admin January 28th, 2008 in Calculus

Some people who never wasted time learning calculus but did pretty well in life:

Some people who flanked life but were good at cramming calculus:

The list is too long to list But the list of people who are forced to cram calculus and then forgot it all is infinite.

1 shveta Apr 14th, 2008 at 2:54 am

Damn gud work……… i completely agree as i dnt find ne practical use of teaching calculus to students … or if at all derz a use then the students must be made aware of it because derz no great work in teaching nething aimlessly…. if an essence of knowledge n its applications r clubbed together then it can work well much better…..
2 Pioneer1 Apr 14th, 2008 at 4:47 pm

Thanks for the comment. If you haven’t seen it already you may enjoy this article too: Donald Knuth: Calculus via O notation.
3 Misha Apr 21st, 2008 at 12:53 am

But Archimedes knew quite a bit of calculus, at least he knew some integration, and probably some differentiation too.
4 Pioneer1 Apr 21st, 2008 at 8:51 pm

I am wondering if the authors of that book are putting a spin on the content of the codex. Archimedes had been known for a long time for using methods that were later recognized as calculus, such as his method of exhaustion.
Archimedes by Heath, p.29

Archimedes by Heath, p.19

But you are right, Archimedes does not belong to the list of people who are ignorant of calculus. Thanks for mentioning it, I added a footnote clarifying this.

But he will definitely belong to the list of people who were never taught a modern calculus course from a modern calculus textbook. It is infinitely enjoyable to read Archimedes (and Galileo too) but this is not true for a standard Calculus textbook, at least for me.

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