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  2. Joseph Pérès (1890 - 1962) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: Costabel writes in [1]:-. To his scientific colleagues [Pérès] remained a circumspect theorist, animator, and promoter. ... This eloge was published as [P Costabel, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  3. Al-Baghdadi (980 - 1037) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Al-Baghdadi/

    7 Mar 2023: b. b. b is deficient. S Pines, A S Saidan, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  4. Christian Wiener (1826 - 1896) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: As one might expect from an eminent scientist, Wiener defended scientific research against the opinions of many at that time who saw it as being a danger to morality. ... H G Korber, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  5. Marcel Grossmann (1878 - 1936) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: They emphasise mathematical foundations, physical predictions and experimental tests. J J Burckhardt, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  6. Martin Gardner (1914 - 2010) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: In December 1956 he had his first article, which was on hexaflexagons, published by Scientific American. ... The columns he wrote for Scientific American have been published as fifteen books.

  7. Jules Tannery (1848 - 1910) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

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

  8. Al-Quhi (940 - 1000) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Al-Quhi/

    7 Mar 2023: Y Dold-Samplonius, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  9. Pierre Varignon (1654 - 1722) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: P Costabel, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... V N Chinenova, On a scientific biography of P Varignon (Russian), in Achievements in the development of the mathematical sciences (Natsional.

  10. Alessandro Padoa (1868 - 1937) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: absorbed in scientific and philosophic investigations, forgot that the majority of men sought and continue to seek happiness in the feverish conquest of pleasure, money, and honours. ... He died from heart disease at the age of sixty-nine. H C Kennedy,

  11. Tadeusz Banachiewicz (1882 - 1954) - Biography - MacTutor History of …

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

    23 Nov 2023: During these five years, Banachiewicz took part in a scientific expedition to the Volga River Basin to make accurate measurements of terrestrial gravity. ... J Witkowski, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).