Surf these sites: Abel - Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829) -- transformations of elliptic integrals, algebraic solution of equations, which equations were soluble by radicals, theory of elliptic functions Archimedes -- (Encyclopedia.com) Aristotle (384-322 BC) - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy -- Aristotle was born in 384 BC at Stagirus, a Greek colony and seaport on the coast of Thrace Cauchy - Catholic Encyclopedia: AUGUSTIN-LOUIS CAUCHY (1789-1857) -- theory of polyhedra, symmetrical functions, proof of a theorem of Fermat which had baffled mathematicians like Gauss and Euler. Conway, John H. - Games that interest John Conway -- His favorite subjects: theories of transfinite numbers and mathematical games, Game of Life. Descartes - Catholic Encyclopedia: René Descartes (1596-1650) -- "It is not that arithmetic and geometry are the only sciences to be learned, but that he who would progress on the road to truth must not delay over any object about which he cannot have a certainty equal to that given by arithmetical and geometrical demonstrations" Euler - Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) -- Biography and Works of the Basle born mathematicien. Euler - Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) -- Euler made large bounds in modern analytic geometry and trigonometry. He made decisive and formative contributions to geometry, calculus and number theory. Fermat - Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665) -- From `A Short Account of the History of Mathematics'' (4th edition, 1908) by W. W. Rouse Ball. Fibonacci - Who was Fibonacci? - Leonardo of Pisa (1175?-1250) -- His names, Mathematical Contributions, Introducing the Decimal Number system into Europe, Fibonacci Series Fourier - Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830) -- Baron, mathematical physicist, French Revolution, a teacher, a secret policeman, a political prisoner, governor of Egypt, The Analytic Theory of Heat Galileo GALILEI (Pisa 1564 - Arcetri, Florence 1642) -- in Pisa held the chair in mathematics from 1589 - 1592. chair of mathematics at the University of Padua, where he remained until 1610 Gauss - Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) -- Gauss'' Biography, Formulae, properties, Gauss'' Life in Charts, Quotes, Doing a report on Gauss?, Works Cited List Kepler, Johannes -- (Encyclopedia.com) Laplace - Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827) -- Proved the stability of the solar system, introduced the potential function and Laplace coefficients, put the theory of mathematical probability on a sound footing. Leibniz - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) -- Invented the differential and integral calculus (independently of Sir Isaac Newton), Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) -- great Italian Renaissance artist and scientist, he took up scientific fields as diverse as anatomy, biology, mathematics, and physics Newton - Newtonia: pages about Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) -- Woolsthorpe Manor Trinity College, Cambridge, central London 35 St. Martin''s Street, Relatives and Friends, Relationships, Newtonian bibliography, Chronology of Newton''s life Newton - newton.org.uk, a virtual museum of Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) and the history of science -- Woolsthorpe Manor Trinity College, Cambridge, central London 35 St. Martin''s Street, Relatives and Friends, Relationships, Newtonian bibliography, Chronology of Newton''s life Pascal - Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) -- Time Line: 1623 June 19, born in Claremont the son of Etienne Pascal a minor noble and government official. 1626 Mother dies ..., French mathematician, thinker, and scientist, religious and philosophical writings. Plato (427-347 B.C.) -- "... the reality which scientific thought is seeking must be expressible in mathematical terms, mathematics being the most precise and definite kind of thinking of which we are capable." Presocratic Philosophers -- this philosophy was born in the Greek cities of Ionia at the end of the 7th century BC. The foundation of the Ionian school in Miletos is the starting-point of the presocratic thought. Ptolemy - Ptolemy''s Ptools - History of Ptolemy (c. 87-150) -- Who was Ptolemy? Claudius (Ptolemaues) Ptolemy, born in Egypt in about 85 A.D., most infuential Greek astromomers, geographers and mathematicians, He had access to knowledge left before him d''Alembert - Jean Le Rond d''Alembert (1717-1783) -- helped to resolve the controversy in mathematical physics over the conservation of kinetic energy by improving Newton''s definition of force.
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