• Uriel238 [all pronouns]
      link
      fedilink
      202 days ago

      Astrology was so important to the Greeks, they figured out the elliptical orbits of the planets (up to Jupiter) and how to compute them without calculus.

      • @rockSlayer@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        212 days ago

        Right, I’m not denying that. People have always been smart. The problem that calculus solved was the intensely difficult algebra that it replaced

        • @affiliate@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          111 day ago

          ironically, algebraists are currently trying to replace calculus with more algebra. needless to say, the algebra involved is pretty extreme