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  2. Thomas Bayes (1702 - 1761) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    4 Jan 2024: ingenious author of the Analyst; and had it been his only design to bring this point to a fair issue, whether a demonstration by the method of Fluxions be truly scientific ... I Hacking, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990)

  3. Caroline Herschel (1750 - 1848) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: Almost inevitably Caroline's role changed from looking after William to helping him with his scientific activities which soon occupied every available moment. ... she disliked praise directed towards her lest it detract from her brotherM A Hoskin,

  4. Jan de Witt (1625 - 1672) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    23 Nov 2023: J B Easton, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  5. Jacob Amsler (1823 - 1912) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: M S Mahoney, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  6. Nikolai Chebotaryov (1894 - 1947) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

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

  7. Willem 'sGravesande (1688 - 1742) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    29 Sep 2023: Moreover, he adopted from Keill and Desaguliers the notion of demonstrating to his classes the experimental proof of scientific principles. ... A R Hall, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  8. Duncan Sommerville (1879 - 1934) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    1 May 2023: He also wrote 30 papers on combinatorial geometry. E A Kramer, E C Patterson, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  9. Gustav Kirchhoff (1824 - 1887) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: 1876-94). In [1] Rosenfeld sums up Kirchhoff's contribution:-. In a period of expanding scientific horizons, the need soon arises for ordering and logical analysis of new knowledge. ... L Rosenfeld, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New

  10. Thomas Fantet de Lagny (1660 - 1734) - Biography - MacTutor History…

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

    11 Apr 2023: P Costabel, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  11. Hungarian Academy - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Societies/Hungarian/

    7 Mar 2023: The Society published an Hungarian Mathematical Dictionary in 1834 but it failed to achieve the aims we have described [1]:-. ... The impact of the dictionary on the Hungarian mathematical language is negligible, having fallen short of its express aim of