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Dyson, in a memoir, confessed to teaching himself "differential calculus" over a Christmas Break.
Stephenson, in Vol 1 of his Baroque Series, portrayed Newton as skipping math classes at Oxford (though showing up for tests). All the while, he was engaged with reconciling Euclid with the "new" algebra - though the "newness" may have been only algebraic notation.
(did Newton publish that reconciliation?")
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Thank you, Manny! I have a background on algebra, I'll put that on my tbr.
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Dyson, in a memoir, confessed to teaching himself "differential calculus" over a Christmas Break. Stephenson, in Vol 1 of his Baroque Series, portrayed Newton as skipping math classes at Oxford (though showing up for tests). All the while, he was engaged with reconciling Euclid with the "new" algebra - though the "newness" may have been only algebraic notation.
(did Newton publish that reconciliation?")
