The Importance of Calculus

Calculus is one of the most important parts of mathematics. It is fundamental to all of modern science. How could one part of mathematics be of such central importance? It is because calculus gives us the tools to study rates of change and motion. All analytical subjects, from biology to physics to chemistry to engineering to mathematics, involve studying quantities that are growing or shrinking or moving—in other words, they are changing. Astronomers study the motions of the planets, chemists study the interaction of substances, physicists study the interactions of physical objects. All of these involve change and motion.

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Calculus measures rates of change and all of modern science is concerned with how things change.

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 Calculus DeMYSTiFieD, Second Edition
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Krantz , Steven (2010-11-23), Calculus DeMYSTiFieD, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill Professional, Retrieved on 2011-10-23
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