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  2. James Gregory (1638 - 1675) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    6 Sep 2023: The feather of a sea bird was to allow Gregory to make another fundamentally important scientific discovery while he worked in St Andrews. ... D T Whiteside, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  3. Ferdinand Joachimsthal (1818 - 1861) - Biography - MacTutor History…

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

    2 Nov 2023: K R Biermann, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  4. Wilhelm Wien (1864 - 1928) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: Today these particles are called protons. H Kangro, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... W Wien, Aus dem Leben und Wirken eines Physikers (1930). T Wasson and G Brieger, Nobel prize winners: an H W Wilson biographical

  5. Dionysodorus (250 BC - 190 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: A conjectured reconstruction is given in [I Bulmer-Thomas, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  6. Paul Bachmann (1837 - 1920) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: It is avowedly a glorification of German scientific effort in the theory of numbers, but the author is too great a scientist to allow any unworthy motive to colour the presentation ... O Ore, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York

  7. Frederico Commandino (1506 - 1575) - Biography - MacTutor History of …

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

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

  8. Johann Franz Encke (1791 - 1865) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: Encke died that same year, at the age of seventy-four. For a version of Charles Pritchard's obituary of Encke [12], seeH C Freiesleben, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography

  9. Pierre Verhulst (1804 - 1849) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: Verhulst and Plateau spent many hours in deep scientific discussions, while both were strongly encouraged by Quetelet who became their friend and advisor. ... J Pelseneer, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  10. Li Zhi (1192 - 1279) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: Knowing that Li Zhi was a great expert on scientific matters, Kublai also asked him to explain the reasons for earthquakes. ... π=3 in this problem. H Peng-Yoke, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  11. Willem de Sitter (1872 - 1934) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: connected with the University could slow up the flow of his scientific investigations. ... A Blaauw, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).