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Recent Examples on the Web Two thousand years after Zeno, the founders of differential calculus solved the riddle of instantaneous speed. — Quanta Magazine, "Usain Bolt’s Split Times and the Power of Calculus," 3 Apr. 2019 His work -- which included the development of differential calculus and integral calculus -- helped lay the groundwork for the computer and smartphone technology used in today's society. — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, "Google Doodle Celebrates Mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's 372nd Birthday," 1 July 2018 In 17 years of formal education, I had only ducked out of one class, that being differential calculus. — Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, "Kevin Fisher-Paulson: Having faith that everything will work out," 7 May 2018 The key is to personalize an individual’s education, even in preschool: If someone is a whiz at differential calculus but can’t discern between her pronouns and her prepositions, maybe moving her out of the 11th grade entirely isn’t the best move. — Chris Weller, Newsweek, "America Hates Its Gifted Kids," 16 Jan. 2014 Math covers general mathematics, geometry and an introduction to differential calculus. — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, "Klein High School team prepares for state academic decathlon," 15 Feb. 2018 To talk to Lysenko was like trying to explain differential calculus to a man who did not know his 12-times table. — Sam Kean, The Atlantic, "The Soviet Era's Deadliest Scientist Is Regaining Popularity in Russia," 19 Dec. 2017 Imagine acing differential calculus and then failing geometry. — Justin Chang, latimes.com, "Michael Fassbender won't melt your heart in the dreadfully incoherent thriller 'The Snowman'," 19 Oct. 2017

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