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'''Isaac Barrow''' (October 1630 – 4 May 1677) was an English Christian theologian and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus | [[File:Isaac_Barrow.jpg|thumb|Isaac Barrow.]]'''Isaac Barrow''' (October 1630 – 4 May 1677) was an English Christian theologian and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus -- in particular, for the discovery of the fundamental theorem of calculus. | ||
His work centered on the properties of the tangent; Barrow was the first to calculate the tangents of the kappa curve. | |||
[[Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|Isaac Newton]] was a student of Barrow's, and Newton went on to develop calculus in a modern form. | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Isaac Newton (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]] | * [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]] | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Barrow Isaac Barrow] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Barrow Isaac Barrow] @ Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
Revision as of 19:30, 6 April 2017
Isaac Barrow (October 1630 – 4 May 1677) was an English Christian theologian and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus -- in particular, for the discovery of the fundamental theorem of calculus.
His work centered on the properties of the tangent; Barrow was the first to calculate the tangents of the kappa curve.
Isaac Newton was a student of Barrow's, and Newton went on to develop calculus in a modern form.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Isaac Barrow @ Wikipedia