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  1. Nicomachus (60 - 120) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Nicomachus/

    7 Mar 2023: by Nicomachus; for among the authors from whom it gives extracts is Anatolius, Bishop of Laodicaea (270 AD); but it contains quotations from Nicomachus which appear to come from the genuine ... L Taran, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography

  2. Georges Buffon (1707 - 1788) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Buffon/

    23 Nov 2023: J Roger, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... 22 (4) (1978), 431-439. S L Zabell, Buffon, Price, and Laplace : scientific attribution in the 18th century, Arch.

  3. Richard von Mises (1883 - 1953) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Mises/

    8 Apr 2024: von Mises chose the topics according to a very definite view-point, determined by his ideas about the essence and method of every thoroughly scientific research. ... N T Gridgeman, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  4. Franz Neumann (1798 - 1895) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Neumann_Franz/

    2 Nov 2023: At Jena, his interests turned to more scientific courses and he took up the study of mineralogy and crystallography. ... J G Burke, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  5. Émile Borel (1871 - 1956) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Borel/

    2 Jun 2024: For his scientific work he received the first gold medal of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 1955. ... K O May, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  6. Ismael Boulliau (1605 - 1694) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Boulliau/

    3 Oct 2023: scientific circles of Paris where he began to shine building on the firm foundations in astronomy taught by his father. ... C B Boyer, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  7. George Allman (1824 - 1904) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Allman/

    7 Mar 2023: As to his mathematical contributions [1]:-. He contributed a few papers on mathematical subjects to scientific periodicals, besides an account of Professor James MacCullagh's lectures on 'The attraction of the ... Biography by Robert Steele, rev. Anita

  8. Posidonius (135 BC - 51 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Posidonius/

    26 May 2023: Posidonius travelled widely in the western Mediterranean region and he made many scientific studies on his travels relating to astronomy, geography and geology. ... E H Warmington, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  9. Heinrich Tietze (1880 - 1964) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Tietze/

    7 Mar 2023: K Seebach, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  10. Leucippus (480 BC - 420 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Leucippus/

    7 Mar 2023: Leucippus of Miletus carried on the scientific philosophy which had begun to become associated with Miletus. ... Leucippus also contributed to theG B Kerferd, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).