With whom did he have a controversy over calculus?
Leonhard Euler
Isaac Newton
Pierre de Fermat
Rene Descartes
Answer
Isaac Newton, the renowned physicist and mathematician, engaged in a notable controversy with Gottfried Leibniz, another prominent mathematician and philosopher of the time. The dispute centered on the development of calculus, with both Newton and Leibniz claiming independent discovery and accusing each other of plagiarism. The intellectual conflict over priority and attribution surrounding the invention of calculus remains an intriguing chapter in the history of mathematics and science.
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