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Question: For this reading, I had many questions. But when I first read this, I wondered why Newton kept Calculus such a secret. I also wondered why he would do such strange things, and if he would do them to see the outcome or just the attention. I also asked myself why Newton was frustrated by the conventional Mathematics.
Comment: After I read this excerpt, my first assumption of Newton was that he was crazy. I have a huge fear of needles so the fact that he would stick one in his eye socket just to see the outcome really scared me. I also did not know Newton created Calculus before I read this.
