Calculus

During the renaissance mathematics became intimately linked with science as men like Bacon, Galileo, and Keppler observed the heavens and performed experiments and applied mathematics to interpret the results.  However, analytic geometry still could not explain the motions of the planets.  As mathematicians wrestled with the astronomical problem of "rate of change", a new field of mathematics was born, calculus.  Calculus allowed physicists to accurately describe the motions of both earthly and celestial objects and was instrumental in uncovering the great harmony of the universe. 

Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton
Sir Isacc Newton

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