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2. al-Zarqali (1029 - 1100) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   11 Jan 2024: J Vernet, Al-Zarqali, in Dictionary of Scientific Biography 14 (Charles Scribners Sons, New York, 1970-80).

3. Gerald Whitrow (1912 - 2000) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   7 Mar 2023: scientific side of his subject, rather than to contribute to their own special fields. ... the conveyance of some notion of Einstein's scientific achievements to a large and heterogeneous audience.

4. Allen Whitworth (1840 - 1905) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   11 Jan 2024: The former two can be regarded as purely scientific treatments of the subject, but inevitably coloured by his moral attitude, which however was extremely broad-minded. ... Series A (General) 130 (2) (1967), 147-176. D J Owen, Rev Alan Yoshioka, Whitworth,

5. Alberto Barajas (1913 - 2004) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   11 Jan 2024: In addition to his roles as teacher, researcher, and Director of the Faculty of Sciences at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Barajas also served as Coordinator of Scientific Research and

6. Steven Orszag (1943 - 2011) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   7 Mar 2023: The reader will be amused by the quotation at the beginning of every chapter from Sherlock Holmes, although the exact relevance is not always obvious. ... Understanding turbulent flows is a "grand challenge" comparable to other prominent scientific

7. Jur Hronec (1881 - 1959) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   11 Jan 2024: Let us end by giving three quotations by Hronec:-. Believe me, dear friends, there is nothing more beautiful, more noble than work. ... M Becvarova (ed.), Development of mathematics between the World Wars, The: Case Studies, Examples And Analyses (World

8. David Rittenhouse (1732 - 1796) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   26 May 2023: He had published works on astronomy throughout his life but only in the second half of the 1780s did he turn his attention to scientific topics such as magnetism, publishing An

9. Mary Taylor (1898 - 1984) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   7 Mar 2023: Taylor returned to England in 1929 and was appointed as a Scientific Officer at the Radio Research Station in Slough, Berkshire. ... The Radio Research Station was part of the government Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and of the

10. Norman Levinson (1912 - 1975) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

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

11. Gilbert Baumslag (1933 - 2014) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    12 Apr 2024: He founded the Center for Algorithms and Interactive Scientific Software (CAISS) as one of the research centres of the City College of New York:-. ... In Memoriam: Gilbert Baumslag, Center for Algorithms and Interactive Scientific Software, The City