Who was one of Isaac Barrow's most notable students?
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Gottfried Leibniz
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Answer
Isaac Newton was one of Isaac Barrow's most notable students. Newton attended Trinity College at the University of Cambridge, where he studied under Barrow. Barrow was a mathematician and physicist, and he was instrumental in helping Newton develop his understanding of mathematics and physics. After Barrow left Cambridge, Newton took over his position as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. Newton went on to make significant contributions to mathematics, physics, and astronomy.
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