MATHEMATICS
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Newton had been interested in math his entire life, and at the age of 24 he made his first major contribution to society. “ Newton began to treat the areas under curves kinetically, as areas swept out by a moving line. From the idea of motion he derived the term 'fluxional', to describe this method, something we now call calculus.” (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/newton_isaac.shtml)
With his new methods, Newton was able to calculate the area inside a shape with curved sides, and to calculate the rate of change of one thing with respect to another. Newton’s discovery left the mathematical world in awe as he stunned mathematicians with his new theories and methods.
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