Talk:Isaac Barrow

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[edit] Infobox

The infobox on this page has been removed. Please discuss for and against removal. To remind you what it looked like, here is a sample:

Isaac Barrow
Isaac Barrow
Isaac Barrow
Born 1630 - May 4
London, England
Died 1677
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Residence England
Nationality English
Fields Mathematician
Institutions University of Cambridge
Alma mater University of Cambridge
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Doctoral students Isaac Newton
Known for Geometry and optics

Please discuss to reach a consensus bunix 12:45, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Infobox looks good idea to me. JackyR | Talk 15:32, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, it has been two weeks since it was intially removed. This has now allowed adequate time for free discussion. So far the discussion has supported the box and there have been no arguments against posted here. Therefore I am now reinstating the box. In future, please can removers of large chunks of info always go to the discussion page first before removal, as per wiki policy. Immediate removal without discussion is only justified for vandalism and wiki violations. bunix 13:22, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discovery of FTC

Where the hell is Isaac Barrow's discovery of the fundamental theorem??? He's the father of calculus! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.69.190.75 (talk) 23:18, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

I just edited to adress this concern. While Barrow did discover the FTC, sometimes things are named for people who extended the scheme. For example, while Dirac discusses the path integral first, Feynman developed it to the point where it was useful. In this regard, Barrow is like Dirac and Newton like Feynman.Likebox (talk) 00:35, 16 February 2008 (UTC)