"There is no connection between Issac Newton/British Universities and Jesuit missionaries. Thus Newton could not have learned calculus from them"- A commentator challenged me.
A silly claim. But here are the facts about the British-Jesuit academic nexus that helped Newton.
A silly claim. But here are the facts about the British-Jesuit academic nexus that helped Newton.
1.Robert Moray(1608-1673) was a founder and first president of the Royal society.
2.He personally recommended and sent James Gregory to Paduva University of Italy to study 'advanced Mathematics' under the Jesuit mathematician Stefano Degli Angel between 1664- 1668.
2.He personally recommended and sent James Gregory to Paduva University of Italy to study 'advanced Mathematics' under the Jesuit mathematician Stefano Degli Angel between 1664- 1668.
3. Almosy immediately on returning to Scotland, Gregory published the very same Pi and Arctanget expansions discovered by Madhava 300 years before him.
4. Another strange fellow, Issac Barrow, was sent to Florence to study under the Jesuit Vincenzo Viviani in 1656.
4. Another strange fellow, Issac Barrow, was sent to Florence to study under the Jesuit Vincenzo Viviani in 1656.
5. Henry Lucas,a British MP, established the Lucascian chair of Mathematics at Cambridge University. He placed Issac Barrow as the first chair holder!
6. Guess who was personally tutored by Barrow?
Issac Newton!
Barrow had transferred his entire knowledge of calculus to Newton.
6. Guess who was personally tutored by Barrow?
Issac Newton!
Barrow had transferred his entire knowledge of calculus to Newton.
7. Newton worked on the acquired calculus and published his Principia in 1687. He kept it unpublished for a long time because he did not even imagine that the same knowledge which the Jesuits gave his teacher was also available to others in mainland Europe, especially Leibniz.
8. Wilhelm Leibniz(1646-1716) was not only in communication with many Jesuits, he had direct interactions with Vincenzo Viviani himself.
9. It is more than clear that Calculus was diffusing throughout Europe from Jesuit knowledge-launderers in Italian colleges.
9. It is more than clear that Calculus was diffusing throughout Europe from Jesuit knowledge-launderers in Italian colleges.
10. The famed 'Independent rediscovers' of Calculus in Europe all flocked to Italy to study under Jesuits-a very shady organization of Missionary-cum-scholars. The knowledge lineage of Calculus in Europe, including Newtons', directly flowed from Vincenzo Viviani & Stefano Degli.
How do we establish the Indian DNA paternity of this knowledge which was getting scavenged in 17th century Europe?
A qualified Indian team must be handpicked and dispatched to Paduva & Florence to study just how much Math Stefano and Vincenzo knew. How? When? And from where?
A qualified Indian team must be handpicked and dispatched to Paduva & Florence to study just how much Math Stefano and Vincenzo knew. How? When? And from where?
Who will go?Can the esteemed faculty, perpetual students & forever Phds of JNU/ DU/Jamia find time off from their 'gender studies', 'caste studies', arson, treason & rioting to, maybe, help?Or do you ALL lack the mental juice for actual, serious research?
