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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; in particular, for proof of the fundamental theorem of calculus.
Apr 30, 2024 · Isaac Barrow (born October 1630, London, England—died May 4, 1677, London) was an English classical scholar, theologian, and mathematician who was the teacher of Isaac Newton. He developed a method of determining tangents that closely approached the methods of calculus , and he first recognized that what became known as the processes of ...
- Mordechai Feingold
May 4, 2011 · Summary. Isaac Barrow was an English mathematician who developed a method of determining tangents that closely approached the methods of calculus, and he was first to recognise that integration and differentiation are inverse operations. View eight larger pictures.
Isaac Barrow. 1630-1677. English Mathematician. A geometer and theologian who also contributed to the field of optics, Isaac Barrow is best known for the influence he exerted over the career of the young Isaac Newton (1642-1727).
1 Isaac Barrow: divine, scholar, mathematician; 2 The Optical Lectures and the foundations of the theory of optical imagery; 3 Barrow's mathematics: between ancients and moderns; 4 Isaac Barrow's academic milieu: Interregnum and Restoration Cambridge; 5 Barrow as a scholar; 6 The preacher; 7 Isaac Barrow's library; Index
- Mordechai Feingold
- 1990
The Cambridge polymath Isaac Barrow (1630–77) gained recognition as a theologian, classicist and mathematician. This one-volume collection of his mathematical writings, dutifully edited by one of his successors as Master of Trinity College, William Whewell (1794–1866), was first published in 1860.
Biography Contributors. Barile. Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677) This entry contributed by Margherita Barile. London mathematician, generally recognized as the founder of differential calculus. His academic career in mathematics officially started in 1662 when he began lecturing geometry at the Gresham College in Cambridge.
