This is not true. When calculus was a "new math" (long after negative numbers were new) being developed by Newton and Leibnez, the applications of calculus to physics were immediately recognized; really, physics was the motivating force. I believe Newton initially thought of y, the dependent variable, as varying with time, as opposed to a pure x variable. Thus he called the quantities fluents. It took a while for Newton to interpret his results in a "pure math" form instead of tying them to physics and the idea of time. This is an example when the application actually motivated the mathematics.
Why should the WTC towers be included in a game like Flight Simulator 2002? They no longer exist. This is not rewriting history at all. Pretending they never collapsed will not help this country whatsoever.
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Mod parent up. This is absolutely correct.
According to the LAW (but who reads that?), the recording device must be used expressly for recording the movie. This argument is absurd.
This is not true. When calculus was a "new math" (long after negative numbers were new) being developed by Newton and Leibnez, the applications of calculus to physics were immediately recognized; really, physics was the motivating force. I believe Newton initially thought of y, the dependent variable, as varying with time, as opposed to a pure x variable. Thus he called the quantities fluents. It took a while for Newton to interpret his results in a "pure math" form instead of tying them to physics and the idea of time. This is an example when the application actually motivated the mathematics.
Why should the WTC towers be included in a game like Flight Simulator 2002? They no longer exist. This is not rewriting history at all. Pretending they never collapsed will not help this country whatsoever.