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  2. Heron of Alexandria (10 - 75) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: The cheirobalistra about catapults is thought to be part of a dictionary of catapults but was almost certainly not written by Heron;. ... A G Drachmann, M S Mahoney, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  3. Richard Hamming (1915 - 1998) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    19 Apr 2024: When I left Bell Labs, I knew that that was the end of my scientific career. ... R W Hamming, Controlling the Digital Computer, The Scientific Monthly 85 (4) (1957), 169-175.

  4. Pedro Nunes (1502 - 1578) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    23 Nov 2023: J M L de Azcona, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  5. Charles de Bouvelles (1471 - 1553) - Biography - MacTutor History of …

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

    7 Mar 2023: H L L Busard, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... Dictionary of Scientific Biography.

  6. Hippolyte Fizeau (1819 - 1896) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    26 May 2023: Arago was aware of the great scientific potential of the new methods of photography and, in particular, he was aware of the advances made by Fizeau and Foucault. ... J B Gough, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  7. Heinrich Schröter (1829 - 1892) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: W Burau, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  8. Lev Shnirelman (1905 - 1938) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

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

  9. Li Shanlan (1811 - 1882) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: From a scientific prospective the move to Shanghai was very significant for Li since there he met with Protestant missionaries from the London Missionary Society, and in particular he met Alexander ... The following quotation is from the Preface to the

  10. Harry Bateman (1882 - 1946) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    6 Sep 2023: The transformation had come about largely because of the enthusiasm of George Ellery Hale, the astronomer, to make the College into a leading scientific institution. ... C S Fisher, B Skinner, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970

  11. Andrea Tacquet (1612 - 1660) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

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