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  1. Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: The year 1665 was the one when Hooke first achieved worldwide scientific fame. ... R S Westfall, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  2. George Chrystal (1851 - 1911) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: The advanced students of these years came into more direct contact with him than with Tait, and much of their scientific progress was due to his sympathetic help. ... R Schlapp, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  3. Oswald Veblen (1880 - 1960) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    20 Aug 2023: Between the world wars, all the scientific professions in the United States underwent tremendous growth. ... Blind. S Mac Lane, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  4. Hermann von Helmholtz (1821 - 1894) - Biography - MacTutor History…

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

    4 Jan 2024: R S Turner, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... A C Crombie, Helmholtz, Scientific American 198 (3), (1958), 94-102. Falconer, I.

  5. Pierre Duhem (1861 - 1916) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: As well as the scientific dispute, Duhem was at odds with Berthelot on religious issues too. ... D G Miller, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  6. Ernst Zermelo (1871 - 1953) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    13 May 2023: B van Rootselaar, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  7. Jean d'Alembert (1717 - 1783) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    4 Jan 2024: A heated argument between d'Alembert and Clairaut resulted in the two fine mathematicians trading insults in the scientific journals of the day. ... J M Briggs, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  8. Bernhard Riemann (1826 - 1866) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: In a letter to his father, Riemann recalled, among other things, "the fact that I spoke at a scientific meeting was useful for my lectures". ... H Freudenthal, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  9. Sophus Lie (1842 - 1899) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    4 Jan 2024: H Freudenthal, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... R Hermann (ed.), Lie Groups : History, Frontiers and Applications (Brookline, Mass., 1975 - ). E M Polishchuk, Sophus Lie (1842 - 1899) (Russian),

  10. David van Dantzig (1900 - 1959) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    29 Sep 2023: and time' which he gave at the 1938 Cambridge Congress on 'Scientific Language'. ... IV. Free oscillations of a rotating rectangular sea (1960). H Freudenthal, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).