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. C...

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Main Author:	Barrow, Isaac 1630-1677 (Author)
Other Authors:	Whewell, William 1794-1866 (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	Latin
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2013
Series:	Cambridge library collection. Mathematics
Subjects:	Mathematik Mathematics / Early works to 1800 Geometrical optics / Early works to 1800 Curves, Plane / Early works to 1800
Online Access:	BSB01 FHN01 Volltext
Summary:	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. Containing significant contributions to the field, the work consists chiefly of the lectures on mathematics, optics and geometry that Barrow gave in his position as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics between 1663 and 1669. It includes the first general statement of the fundamental theorem of calculus as well as Barrow's 'differential triangle'. Not only did he precede Isaac Newton in the Lucasian chair, but his works were also to be found in the library of Gottfried Leibniz. However, rather than considering arid questions of priority, scholars can see in these Latin texts the status of advanced mathematics just before the great revolution of Newton and Leibniz
Item Description:	Originally published in Cambridge printed at the University Press in 1860
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings))
ISBN:	9781139568036
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781139568036