Ability Quote by Anonymous
![“Foreshadowings of the principles and even of the language of [the infinitesimal] calculus can be found in the writings of Napier , Kepler , Cavalieri , Fermat , Wallis , and Barrow . It was Newton 's good luck to come at a time when everything was ripe for the discovery, and his ability enabled…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e09/anonymous-1_ability_foreshadowings-of-the-principles-and-eve_273197.jpg)
““Foreshadowings of the principles and even of the language of [the infinitesimal] calculus can be found in the writings of Napier , Kepler , Cavalieri , Fermat , Wallis , and Barrow . It was Newton 's good luck to come at a time when everything was ripe for the discovery, and his ability enabled him to construct almost at once a complete calculus.””
![“With an absurd oversimplification, the "invention" of calculus [method in mathematics] is sometimes ascribed to two men, Newton and Leibniz.” quote by Richard Courant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/131/richard-courant-41915_absurd_with-an-absurd-oversimplification-the-in_712428.jpg)
![“The calculus is the story this [the Western] world first told itself as it became the modern world.” quote by David Berlinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/de1/david-berlinski-16009_calculus_the-calculus-is-the-story-this-the-weste_2753363.jpg)
