Asked by caleb

Isaac Newton is credited with the branch of mathematics known as calculus. Why did Newton form this specialized form of calculations?

he needed a way to measure motion and change

to give learned mathematicians harder problems to solve

he was looking for a way to quantify temperatures

to calculate the distance of the Earth from the Moon

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
He developed calculus because he needed a way to measure motion and change — to describe instantaneous rates (velocity/acceleration) and accumulate quantities (areas, distances) for moving bodies (e.g., planets, falling objects).