What is Calculus?
Calculus means ‘small pebble’ in Latin, and is named after the rocks used by the Romans for counting. Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists and mathematicians in history, is credited as the founder of calculus. Over centuries, many mathematicians have contributed to the further development of calculus as a branch of mathematics and physics.
What does calculus actually do? Well, calculus measures the rate of change that occurs in almost every phenomenon in the universe. There are two branches of calculus, integrals and derivatives. The derivative component of a mathematical function defines the rate of change at a specific point, whereas integrals show the accumulation of discrete values of a function over a range.
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