Newton's Method is a technique for approximating a root to an equation of the form \(f(x)=0\). What is required is an initial estimate for the root, called \(x_1 ...

The author's method is to furnish the student with a set of perfectly recorded lecture notes, and thus leave him free to follow the lectures instead of taking notes of them. Perhaps no better ...

That's genius. Newton was one of the first to interrogate nature using the principles of what we now call the scientific method. In other words he observed the world, came up with theories to ...