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https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/SH/ Sci Hi blog links - MacTutor History of Mathematics blog links mactutor history sci mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Recorde/ Robert Recorde (1510 - 1558) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Recorde was a Welsh doctor and mathematician who invented the biography mactutor history robert recorde 1510 1558 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Euler/ Leonhard Euler (1707 - 1783) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Leonhard Euler was a Swiss mathematician who made enormous contributions to a wide range of mathematics and physics including analytic geometry, trigonometry,... biography mactutor history leonhard euler 1707 1783 mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Mersenne_publications/ Mersenne's Publications - MacTutor History of Mathematics Mersenne's Publications mactutor history mersenne publications mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/DAlembert/ Jean d'Alembert (1717 - 1783) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Jean d'Alembert was a a French mathematician who was a pioneer in the study of differential equations and their use of in physics. He studied the equilibrium... biography mactutor history jean alembert 1717 1783 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Curves/Cycloid/ Cycloid - MacTutor History of Mathematics mactutor history mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Neptune_and_Pluto/ Neptune and Pluto - MacTutor History of Mathematics mactutor history neptune pluto mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miscellaneous/Linda_Hall_links/ Linda Hall Library links - MacTutor History of Mathematics hall library mactutor history linda links mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Tukey/ John Tukey (1915 - 2000) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics John Tukey introduced the Fast Fourier Transform and worked in other areas of Statistics. biography mactutor history john tukey 1915 2000 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miscellaneous/copyright/ Copyright Information - MacTutor History of Mathematics copyright information mactutor history mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Burnside_problem/ Burnside problem - MacTutor History of Mathematics mactutor history burnside problem mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Fermat/ Pierre Fermat (1601 - 1665) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Pierre de Fermat was a French lawyer and government official most remembered for his work in number theory; in particular for Fermat's Last Theorem. He is also... biography mactutor history pierre fermat 1601 1665 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Descartes/ René Descartes (1596 - 1650) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics René Descartes was a French philosopher whose work, La géométrie, includes his application of algebra to geometry from which we now have Cartesian geometry.... biography mactutor history descartes 1596 1650 mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Curves/ Famous Curves Index - MacTutor History of Mathematics famous curves mactutor history index mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Biot/ Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774 - 1862) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Jean-Baptiste Biot was a French mathematician who worked in astronomy, elasticity, electricity and magnetism, heat, optics and geometry. biography mactutor history jean baptiste biot 1774 1862 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Bergman/ Stefan Bergman (1895 - 1977) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Stefan Bergman was a Polish-born American mathematician whose primary work was in complex analysis. biography mactutor history stefan bergman 1895 1977 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Kasner/ Edward Kasner (1878 - 1955) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Edward Kasner was an American mathematician who worked on differential geometry. biography mactutor history edward kasner 1878 1955 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Good/ Irving John Good (1916 - 2009) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Irving John Good was an English mathematician who worked at Bletchley Park and at GCHQ and later went on to work with computers and statistics. biography mactutor history irving john good 1916 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Airy/ George Airy (1801 - 1892) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics George Airy was Lucasian professor at Cambridge and Astronomer Royal. He made many major contributions to mathematics and astronomy. biography mactutor history george airy 1801 1892 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Watson_Henry/ Henry Watson (1827 - 1903) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Henry Watson was an English mathematician who wrote some influential text-books on electricity and magnetism. biography mactutor history henry watson 1827 1903 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Gassendi/ Pierre Gassendi (1592 - 1655) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Pierre Gassendi was a French astronomer who was the first to observe a transit of Venus. He wrote on astronomy, his own astronomical observations and on... biography mactutor history pierre 1592 1655 mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Torricelli/ Evangelista Torricelli (1608 - 1647) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian scientist who was the first man to create a sustained vacuum and to discover the principle of a barometer. He also... biography mactutor history evangelista torricelli 1608 1647 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Roberval/ Gilles Roberval (1602 - 1675) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Gilles Roberval was a French scientist who developed powerful methods in the early study of integration. biography mactutor history gilles 1602 1675 mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/De_Prony/ Gaspard de Prony (1755 - 1839) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Gaspard de Prony was a French mathematician who produced mathematical tables and texts on mathematical physics. biography mactutor history gaspard de prony 1755 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Aristotle/ Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who made important contributions by systemizing deductive logic and wrote on physical subjects. His philosophy had a... biography mactutor history aristotle 384 bc 322 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Floer/ Andreas Floer (1956 - 1991) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Andreas Floer was a German mathematician best known for his work in symplectic topology and mathematical physics. biography mactutor history andreas floer 1956 1991 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Cox/ Gertrude Cox (1900 - 1978) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Gertrude Mary Cox was an American statistician who worked in experimental design. biography mactutor history gertrude cox 1900 1978 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/De_Coste_Mersenne/ De Coste on Mersenne - MacTutor History of Mathematics De Coste on Mersenne mactutor history de coste mersenne mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Honours/LunarFeatures0/ Lunar features - MacTutor History of Mathematics Lunar features named after mathematicians lunar features mactutor history mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Copernicus/ Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Copernicus was a Polish astronomer and mathematician whose theory that the Earth moved around the Sun profoundly altered later workers' view of the universe,... biography mactutor history nicolaus copernicus 1473 1543 mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Galois/ Évariste Galois (1811 - 1832) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Évariste Galois was a French mathematician who produced a method of determining when a general equation could be solved by radicals and is famous for his... biography mactutor history galois 1811 1832 mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Steinhaus/ Hugo Steinhaus (1887 - 1972) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Hugo Steinhaus was a Polish mathematician whose book Mathematical Snapshots has been very influential. As a Jew, his experiences during World War II, first... biography mactutor history hugo steinhaus 1887 1972 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Malus/ Étienne Louis Malus (1775 - 1812) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Étienne Louis Malus was a French mathematician who was almost entirely concerned with the study of light. biography mactutor history louis malus 1775 1812 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miller/mathword/p/ Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (P) - MacTutor History of Mathematics earliest known uses words mathematics mactutor history p https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Pascal_Etienne/ Étienne Pascal (1588 - 1651) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Étienne Pascal was a French lawyer and amateur mathematician. He was the father of Blaise Pascal. biography mactutor history pascal 1588 1651 mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Maupertuis/ Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698 - 1759) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Pierre-Louis Maupertuis was a French mathematician who is most famous for formulating the principle of least action. biography mactutor history pierre louis moreau de 1698 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Binet_Memoir/ Binet Memoir - MacTutor History of Mathematics Report on a memoir of Jacques Binet mactutor history binet memoir mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Box/ George Box (1919 - 2013) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics George Box was a British statistician whose name is associated with several different statistical techniques. biography mactutor history george box 1919 2013 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Perfect_numbers/ Perfect numbers - MacTutor History of Mathematics mactutor history perfect numbers mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Societies/Paris/ Paris Academy of Sciences - MacTutor History of Mathematics Académie des Sciences, founded in 1666 mactutor history mathematics paris academy sciences https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Sylvester/ James Joseph Sylvester (1814 - 1897) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics J J Sylvester did important work on matrix theory. He discovered the discriminant of a cubic equation and first used the name 'discriminant' for equations of... biography mactutor history james joseph sylvester 1814 1897 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miller/mathsym/calculus/ Earliest Uses of Symbols of Calculus - MacTutor History of Mathematics mactutor history mathematics earliest uses symbols calculus https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Fagnano_Giulio/ Giulio Fagnano (1682 - 1766) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Giulio Fagnano was an Italian mathematician who worked in both complex numbers and on the geometry of triangles. biography mactutor history giulio fagnano 1682 1766 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Lacaille/ Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713 - 1762) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille was a French astronomer and geodesist who catalogued the stars of the Southern Hemisphere and named 14 out of the 88 constellations. biography mactutor history louis de nicolas 1713 1762 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Curves/Limacon/ Limacon of Pascal - MacTutor History of Mathematics mactutor history mathematics pascal https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Legendre/ Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752 - 1833) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Adrien-Marie Legendre's major work on elliptic integrals provided basic analytical tools for mathematical physics. He gave a simple proof that π is irrational... biography mactutor history adrien marie legendre 1752 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Monge/ Gaspard Monge (1746 - 1818) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Gaspard Monge is considered the father of differential geometry because of his work Application de l'analyse à la géométrie where he introduced the concept of... biography mactutor history gaspard monge 1746 1818 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Adams/ John Couch Adams (1819 - 1892) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics John Couch Adams was an astronomer and mathematician who was the first person to predict the position of a planet beyond Uranus. biography mactutor history john couch adams 1819 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Fresnel/ Augustin Fresnel (1788 - 1827) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Augustin Fresnel did important work on optics where he was one of the founders of the wave theory of light. biography mactutor history augustin fresnel 1788 1827 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miscellaneous/messages/08-23/ 23rd August - MacTutor History of Mathematics 23rd august mactutor history mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Le_Verrier/ Urbain Le Verrier (1811 - 1877) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Urbain Le Verrier is best known for the calculations which led to the discovery of Neptune. biography mactutor history urbain le verrier 1811 1877 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miller/mathword/l/ Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (L) - MacTutor History of Mathematics earliest known uses words mathematics mactutor history https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miller/mathword/c/ Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (C) - MacTutor History of Mathematics earliest known uses words mathematics mactutor history https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Pell/ John Pell (1611 - 1685) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics John Pell was an English mathematician best known for Pell's equation which in fact he had little to do with. biography mactutor history john pell 1611 1685 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Newton/ Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Isaac Newton was the greatest English mathematician of his generation. He laid the foundation for differential and integral calculus. His work on optics and... biography mactutor history isaac newton 1643 1727 mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miller/mathword/e/ Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (E) - MacTutor History of Mathematics earliest known uses words mathematics mactutor history https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miscellaneous/Popular/ Most popular biographies – 2024 - MacTutor History of Mathematics mactutor history popular biographies 2024 mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Frenicle_de_Bessy/ Frénicle de Bessy (1604 - 1674) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Frénicle de Bessy was a French amateur mathematician who is best known for his contributions to number theory. biography mactutor history de bessy 1604 1674 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Mechain/ Pierre Méchain (1744 - 1804) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Pierre Méchain undertook surveys to produce maps and also worked in astronomy where he is particularly famed as a discoverer of comets. biography mactutor history pierre 1744 1804 mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Le_Tenneur/ Jacques Le Tenneur (1610 - 1660) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Jacques Le Tenneur was a French amateur mathematician who published a work on dynamics following Galileo's point of view. biography mactutor history jacques le 1610 1660 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Delambre/ Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre (1749 - 1822) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre was an astronomer who produced tables of the location of planets and their satellites. He also worked at the bureau of longitudes. biography mactutor history jean baptiste joseph 1749 1822 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miller/stamps/ Jeff Miller's postage stamps - MacTutor History of Mathematics jeff miller postage stamps mactutor history mathematics https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Boole/ George Boole (1815 - 1864) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics George Boole approached logic in a new way reducing it to a simple algebra, incorporating logic into mathematics. He also worked on differential equations, the... biography mactutor history george boole 1815 1864 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/BEA/ Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers - MacTutor History of Mathematics mactutor history mathematics biographical encyclopedia astronomers https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Cauchy/ Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789 - 1857) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics Augustin-Louis Cauchy pioneered the study of analysis, both real and complex, and the theory of permutation groups. He also researched in convergence and... biography mactutor history augustin louis cauchy 1789 https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/ MacTutor Index - MacTutor History of Mathematics mactutor index history mathematics