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  1. Alfred Clebsch (1833 - 1872) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

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

  2. Jacques Hadamard (1865 - 1963) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: As well as about 300 scientific papers and books Hadamard also wrote books for a wider audience. ... S Mandelbrojt, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  3. Norbert Wiener (1894 - 1964) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: mathematics neatly from its scientific and social implications and even from his personal experiences. ... H Freudenthal, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  4. Gerhard Gentzen (1909 - 1945) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: He was dreaming of an Institute for this purpose. M E Szabo, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  5. Nikolai Luzin (1883 - 1950) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    23 Nov 2023: A Paplauscas, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  6. Alfréd Rényi (1921 - 1970) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    2 Jun 2023: Alfréd, his parents' only child, received a literary, rather than scientific, schooling at a Gymnasium in Budapest. ... D G Kendall, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  7. Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 - 1855) - Biography - MacTutor History of …

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

    1 Apr 2024: His last known scientific exchange was with Gerling. He discussed a modified Foucault pendulum in 1854. ... K O May, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  8. Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792 - 1856) - Biography - MacTutor…

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

    4 Jan 2024: His original intention was to study medicine but he changed to study a broad scientific course involving mathematics and physics. ... B A Rosenfeld, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  9. Omar Khayyam (1048 - 1131) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: Khayyam's fame as a poet has caused some to forget his scientific achievements which were much more substantial. ... Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. B A Rosenfeld, A P Youschkevitch, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York

  10. René Baire (1874 - 1932) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: and] the greatness of his character. P Costabel, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).