![]() ![]() THE GRADE: This editorial will count as a Test Grade. So take your time on it. So don’t think that your editor (teacher!) is going to throw these away without reading them. Part of being a reporter on this newspaper (translation: student in this class) is learning how to clearly communicate your argument to someone else. He recognizes good writing and bad writing. THE CAVEAT: Your editor is a seasoned historian, as well as someone versed in mathematics. Your editor also wants all your notes. So if you cut and pasted and typed quotations and thoughts in a word document, or handwrote a pro-con list, your editor wants you to turn that in too. But for simplicity’s sake, let’s assume it’s a science-based newspaper, so you can assume your audience has taken at least Pre-Calculus level Mathematics) You will then make your arguments in the second paragraph. (It’s a newspaper, so you don’t want to get too technical. So you ought to include a description of (a) what is calculus and (b) the dispute in the first paragraph. Your editor also wants the first paragraph to introduce the reader to the dispute. In order to publish, your editor needs cited, supporting evidence. It should focus on who should get credit for inventing calculus - Newton or Leibniz. Your newspaper wants the editorial to be about seven to ten, clear, substantive, typed paragraphs long (at least 2 - 3 pages, double spaced, 12 pt standard font). Your writeup and notes will both be turned in! You have several class periods to work alone on this online research. Listen to a BBC Broadcast on the debate over who invented Calculus (43 min).Video Discussing Newton-Leibniz Dispute (8 mins).An examination of the controversy from 1802.An article from 1717 on the dispute – reproduced in the journal Science on 30 January 1980.A timeline of the Newton-Leibniz dispute (scroll to pages xi-xii).Subramanya Sastry on the Newton-Leibniz controversy Here are some links to useful websites in this quest: On a timeline of the rise of calculus, what do you think was the most important fact?. ![]() What was the very first step in the rise of calculus? Does that make a difference in who gets the most credit?. ![]()
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