3 Paradoxes That Gave Us Calculus

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*Sources/Further Reading*

The History of Zeno's Arguments on Motion: Phases in the Development of the Theory of Limits by Florian Cajori

Paradoxes: Guiding Forces in Mathematical Exploration by Hamza E. Alsamraee

Zeno's First Paradox of Motion: A Cartesian Perspective

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Zeno's Paradoxes

Calculus: A Liberal Art | WM Priestley