The Mathematical Works of Isaac Barrow: Edited for Trinity College (Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics)

Barrow, Isaac

ISBN 10: 1108059333 / ISBN 13: 9781108059336

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Mathematical Works of Isaac Barrow: Edited for Trinity College (Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108059333
• ISBN 13: 9781108059336
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Published in 1860, this is a one-volume collection of Cambridge polymath Isaac Barrow's Latin writings on mathematics, optics and geometry.

Book Description

The Cambridge polymath Isaac Barrow (1630–77) was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics between 1663 and 1669. This one-volume collection of his mathematical writings in Latin was first published in 1860. It includes the first general statement of the fundamental theorem of calculus as well as Barrow's 'differential triangle'.