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Analusis - Ancient Greek Word

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hello The word is a transcription of the ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (analusis, "a breaking up", from ana- "up, throughout" and lysis "a loosening").[2]

According to Hans Niels Jahangir, "Analysis as an independent subject was created in the 17th century during the scientific revolution. Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Fermat, Huygens, Newton and Leibniz, to mention but a few important names, contributed to its genesis.".[3] As a formal concept, the method has variously been ascribed to Alhazen,[4] René Descartes (Discourse on the Method) and Galileo Galilei. It has also been ascribed to Isaac Newton, in the form of a practical method of physical discovery (which

The word is a transcription of the ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (analusis, "a breaking up", from ana- "up, throughout" and lysis "a loosening").[2]

According to Hans Niels Jahangir, "Analysis as an independent subject was created in the 17th century during the scientific revolution. Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Fermat, Huygens, Newton and Leibniz, to mention but a few important names, contributed to its genesis.".[3] As a formal concept, the method has variously been ascribed to Alhazen,[4] René Descartes (Discourse on the Method) and Galileo Galilei. It has also been ascribed to Isaac Newton, in the form of a practical method of physical discovery (which

The word is a transcription of the ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (analusis, "a breaking up", from ana- "up, throughout" and lysis "a loosening").[2]

According to Hans Niels Jahangir, "Analysis as an independent subject was created in the 17th century during the scientific revolution. Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Fermat, Huygens, Newton and Leibniz, to mention but a few important names, contributed to its genesis.".[3] As a formal concept, the method has variously been ascribed to Alhazen,[4] René Descartes (Discourse on the Method) and Galileo Galilei. It has also been ascribed to Isaac Newton, in the form of a practical method of physical discovery (which

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