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Isaac Barrow, an Uncommon card
Isaac Barrow 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 a proof of the fundamental theorem of calculus.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 106
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 27,000
Power 106 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His work centered on the properties of the tangent, Barrow was the first to calculate the tangents of the kappa curve.
- He is also notable for being the inaugural holder of the prestigious Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, a post later held by his student, Isaac Newton.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Isaac Barrow article was read about 27,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Isaac Barrow (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mary Beale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
