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Isaac Barrow was an English mathematician who made significant contributions to the fields of geometry and calculus. He is known for his work on the tangent line and for being the first to use the term 'infinitesimal'. Barrow was a professor at Cambridge University and is considered one of the founders of the Cambridge Mathematical School.

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Famous Isaac Barrow Quotes

“Chance never writ a legible book; chance never built a fair house; chance never drew a neat picture; it never did any of these things, nor ever will; nor can it be without absurdity supposed able to do them; which yet are works very gross and rude, very easy and feasible, as it were, in comparison to the production of a flower or a tree.”

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Book:The theological works: In 9 vols. Ed. ... by Alexander Napier

Source: The theological works: In 9 vols. Ed. ... by Alexander Napier

“He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.”

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Book:The Theological Works

Source: The Theological Works

“The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.”

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Book:The works of the learned Isaac Barrow ...

Source: The works of the learned Isaac Barrow ...

“He that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, so in all fortunes.”

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Author:Isaac Barrow