Isaac Barrow (nonfiction)

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 was a student of Barrow's, and Newton went on to develop calculus in a modern form.

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External links:

• Isaac Barrow @ Wikipedia