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121. Simplicius (490 - 560) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

     30 Oct 2023: Also in this commentary on Aristotle's Physics Simplicius gives important quotations from Geminus's summary of Posidonius's Meteorologica. ... G Verbeke, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

122. Charles Augustin Coulomb (1736 - 1806) - Biography - MacTutor…

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

     30 Dec 2023: When the French Revolution began in 1789 Coulomb had been deeply involved with his scientific work. ... S Gillmour, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

123. Arthur Eddington (1882 - 1944) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     4 Jan 2024: communicate the most difficult conceptions in the simplest and most fascinating language; and he was an able interpreter to philosophers of the significance of the latest scientific discoveries. ... A V Douglas, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific

124. J E Littlewood (1885 - 1977) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     25 Jan 2024: In the late 1930's the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research tried to interest pure mathematicians in nonlinear differential equations which were important for radio engineers and scientists because they ... A C Offord, Biography in Dictionary

125. Kurt Gödel (1906 - 1978) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     14 May 2024: He also refused to accept the highest National Medal for scientific and artistic achievement that Austria offered him. ... Few mathematicians are granted this kind of immortality. G N Moore, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York

126. Charles S Peirce (1839 - 1914) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     23 Jan 2024: C Eisele, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... Charles Sanders Peirce, Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 13 (1916), 701-737.

127. Robert Adrain (1775 - 1843) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     7 Mar 2023: D J Struik, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

128. Salomon Bochner (1899 - 1982) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     7 Mar 2023: in front of the scientific world if we put him off life here. ... R C Gunning, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

129. Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     30 Dec 2023: The lack of an academic post did not hold Halley back in his scientific work. ... C A Ronan, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

130. Regiomontanus (1436 - 1476) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     18 Jun 2024: It [1]:-. contributed to current scientific research rather than to improved understanding of the past. ... E Rosen, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).