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Isaac Newton and the invention of calculus

Professor Marcus du Sautoy looks at the life and work of Sir Isaac Newton, who formulated the 'differential calculus.' This can be used to find an exact answer to the speed at any instant for a moving object, something that had been impossible up to that point, and du Sautoy explains why this is so important in everyday life.

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