Peer reviewed
Direct linkERIC Number: EJ771648
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Aug
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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Humanizing Calculus
Cirillo, Michelle
Mathematics Teacher, v101 n1 p23-27 Aug 2007
In this article, the author explores the history and the mathematics used by Newton and Leibniz in their invention of calculus. The exploration of this topic is intended to show students that mathematics is a human invention. Suggestions are made to help teachers incorporate the mathematics and the history into their own lessons. (Contains 3 online resources.)
Descriptors: Intellectual Property, Calculus, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, History, Mathematics, Equations (Mathematics)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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