Newton's 'discoveries' made by Indians 250 years before


	Newton's 'discoveries' made by Indians 250 years before

hudgal1

8-13-2007 6:01 PM

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8-14-2007 12:25 PM

smokefoot

Of course, Newton developed a lot more of calculus than infinite series, and then used it to revolutionize basic physics, optics, thermodynamics, describe gravity, etc. So I don't think that this takes much away from his accomplishments.

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A little known school of scholars in southwest India discovered one of the founding principles of modern mathematics hundreds of years before Newton according to new research.
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