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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
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Ali Qushji (1403 - 1474) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Qushji/11 Jan 2024: The observatory was equipped with a variety of other instruments, which probably accounted for the largest part of its scientific measurement. ... M Kara-Ali, Constructivism at the Birth of the Scientific Revolution: A Study of the Foundations of
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Reinhold Baer (1902 - 1979) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Baer/24 Oct 2023: This, of course, was a very good occasion for closer scientific and personal contact within the group; the general climate was set by Reinhold and Marianne Baer.
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François Budan (1761 - 1840) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Budan_de_Boislaurent/7 Mar 2023: J V Grabiner, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
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Salvatore Pincherle (1853 - 1936) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Pincherle/7 Mar 2023: So, in that quiet place, Pincherle found new cultural support, new ideas and a new direction to his scientific work, and, with the freshness and energy of youth, he learned to ... F G Tricomi, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970
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Henry Taylor (1842 - 1927) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Taylor_Henry/11 Jan 2024: He devised a Braille system to allow mathematical and other scientific works to become available to the blind. . ... Of course, developing the system was not enough for then scientific works had to be translated into Braille [7]:-.
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John F Nash (1928 - 2015) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Nash/30 Dec 2023: By the time he was about twelve years old he was showing great interest in carrying out scientific experiments in his room at home.
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David Enskog (1884 - 1947) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Enskog/7 Mar 2023: He died early the next morning. S G Brush, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
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Varahamihira (505 - 587) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Varahamihira/30 Dec 2023: Died. 587. India. Summary. Varahamihira was an Indian astrologer whose main work was a treatise on mathematical astronomy which summarised earlier astronomical treatises. He discovered a version of Pascal's triangle and worked on magic squares. Our
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Peter Hilton (1923 - 2010) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Hilton/1 May 2023: Born. 7 April 1923. Died. 6 November 2010. Binghampton, New York, USA. Summary. Peter Hilton was an English mathematician who made important contributions to homotopy theory. He is best known for his text-books and for his work as a code-breaker in