Newton didn't just do calculus, he also structured the laws of physics. And it is pretty likely that Leibniz discovered calculus by working backwards from Netwo

Newton didn't just do calculus, he also structured the laws of physics. And it is pretty likely that Leibniz discovered calculus by working backwards from Netwons laws of physics, since if you have the laws of movement clearly shown like that then discovering calculus is a lot easier. Note that Newton created calculus in his quest to do the laws of motion, so he didn't publish it. Edit: Also Newton discovered the calculus of variations and applied it to a bunch of problems, can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_minimal_resistance_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_minimal_resistance_... It is the basis for almost all graduate level physics courses we have today and is way beyond regular calculus. Would likely have taken a few hundred years before it was discovered without Newton.