Radio 4, Lego and Calculus

Andrew Carol built a difference engine in Lego. The difference engine uses Newton’s method of differences. Newton and Liebniz invented calculus at the same time without knowing about each other and using different techniques. Newton accused Liebniz of plagarism. There was an epic feud, as discussed in Radio 4’s In Our Time. Newton and Liebniz also feature in Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle. So there you are.