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  2. Henri Mineur (1899 - 1954) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: Finally, we note that Mineur was twice honoured by the award of prizes from theJ R Levy, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  3. Coppel books - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Coppel_books/

    9 May 2024: Unfortunately the Chinese language presents special difficulties to a Western reader - even consulting a dictionary is a problem! ... Our aim is to be a supplement, rather than a substitute, for a dictionary.

  4. Johann Castillon (1704 - 1791) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    14 May 2023: R S Calinger, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  5. Seth Ward (1617 - 1689) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    25 Sep 2023: Biography by John Henry in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, 2004).

  6. Raymond Wilder (1896 - 1982) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: May, in a review, writes:-. The author quietly proposes that we study mathematics as a human artefact, as a natural phenomenon subject to empirical observation and scientific analysis, and, in particular,

  7. Samuel Wilks (1906 - 1964) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: The uses of statistics and statistical methods have become so widespread throughout business, industry, government, and scientific research in recent years that this matter concerns not only the professional statisticians themselves, ... C Eisenhart,

  8. Geminus (10 BC - 60) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: D R Dicks, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  9. George Mathews (1861 - 1922) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

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

  10. Nikoloz Muskhelishvili (1891 - 1976) - Biography - MacTutor History…

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

    7 Mar 2023: Muskhelishvili was not unhappy about this and said, "every person should choose his own scientific direction.". ... I Vekua, Academician N Muskhelishvili. Short biography and survey of scientific works ("Metsniereba", Tbilisi, 1991).

  11. Arthur Schönflies (1853 - 1928) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: This was not the position taken by the scientific community. If he didn't find the reception he wanted for his philosophical ideas he probably got over this fairly quickly. ... H Freudenthal, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York