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Michel Chasles (1793 - 1880) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Chasles/2 Nov 2023: E Koppelmann, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
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Louis Mordell (1888 - 1972) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Mordell/25 Jan 2024: in places that are remote from important scientific centres. ... J W S Cassells, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
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Robert Woodward (1849 - 1924) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Woodward/1 Jul 2024: In addition to running the farm, which he did using highly innovative scientific principles, Lysander held important offices in the local government of Oakland County.
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Georges Buffon (1707 - 1788) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Buffon/23 Nov 2023: J Roger, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... 22 (4) (1978), 431-439. S L Zabell, Buffon, Price, and Laplace : scientific attribution in the 18th century, Arch.
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Richard von Mises (1883 - 1953) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Mises/8 Apr 2024: von Mises chose the topics according to a very definite view-point, determined by his ideas about the essence and method of every thoroughly scientific research. ... N T Gridgeman, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
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Franz Neumann (1798 - 1895) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Neumann_Franz/2 Nov 2023: At Jena, his interests turned to more scientific courses and he took up the study of mineralogy and crystallography. ... J G Burke, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
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George Allman (1824 - 1904) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Allman/7 Mar 2023: As to his mathematical contributions [1]:-. He contributed a few papers on mathematical subjects to scientific periodicals, besides an account of Professor James MacCullagh's lectures on 'The attraction of the ... Biography by Robert Steele, rev. Anita
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Posidonius (135 BC - 51 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Posidonius/26 May 2023: Posidonius travelled widely in the western Mediterranean region and he made many scientific studies on his travels relating to astronomy, geography and geology. ... E H Warmington, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
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Ismael Boulliau (1605 - 1694) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Boulliau/3 Oct 2023: scientific circles of Paris where he began to shine building on the firm foundations in astronomy taught by his father. ... C B Boyer, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
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Heinrich Tietze (1880 - 1964) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Tietze/7 Mar 2023: K Seebach, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).