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I added a lot of new material on his biography and his physics, as well as a bibliography. I wrote it all, and previously posted it to Citizendium. {{unsigned|RJJensen}}
I added a lot of new material on his biography and his physics, as well as a bibliography. I wrote it all, and previously posted it to Citizendium. {{unsigned|RJJensen}}
: It looked like it was copied, but I didn't know where from. I suggest that you use the {{tl|Copied from}} template at the top of this talk page. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 04:41, 17 September 2008 (EDT)
: It looked like it was copied, but I didn't know where from. I suggest that you use the {{tl|Copied from}} template at the top of this talk page. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 04:41, 17 September 2008 (EDT)
== Calculus ==
The calculus section had some conceptual errors in it: the binomial theorem doesn't express an area; it re-expresses a function (such as a square root) as an infinite series of polynomial terms. The integration of this series is what gives the area. Also, it is worthwhile to mention Fermat's contributions for "integrating" polynomial curves -- Newton would have never considered re-expressing a square root as an infinite polynomial if there wasn't already an easy way to compute areas under polynomial curves. I've rewritten the mathematics of this section appropriately. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 04:16, 3 November 2008 (EST)