Ganymedes, King Tros, Troy, Jupiter, Isaac, Newton, Calculus, Principia, geometry



Ganymedes, King Tros, Troy, Jupiter, Isaac, Newton, Calculus, Principia, geometry
Act IV - Scene I
Newton as Ganymedes is Seduced by Jupiter Disguised as an Eagle

THE MYTH
Ganymedes, the son of King Tros who gave his name to Troy, was the most beautiful youth alive, chosen by the gods to be Jupiter's cup-bearer. It is said that Jupiter desired Ganymedes as his bedfellow, disguised himself in eagle feathers and abducted him from the Trojan plain.

THE MATH

Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
Newton developed calculus in his preparation of the Principia, the fundamental work for the whole of modern science. Analytic geometry and calculus mark the beginning of modern mathematics. For more than a century afterwards mathematicians were occupied in extending and applying the calculus.

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Ganymedes, King Tros, Troy, Jupiter, Isaac, Newton, Calculus, Principia, geometry