Search

Filter

Results

931. Results that match 2 of 3 words

932. Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788 - 1867) - Biography - MacTutor History of …

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

     2 Nov 2023: R Taton, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... A N Bogolyubov, Jean-Victor Poncelet. 1788-1867 (Russian), (Scientific-Biographic Literature 'Nauka', Moscow, 1988).

933. Gaston Darboux (1842 - 1917) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     25 Aug 2023: Of course Darboux received many honours for his work. Lebon in [3] lists over 100 Scientific Societies which elected Darboux as a member. ... D J Struik, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

934. Otto Hölder (1859 - 1937) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     23 Jan 2024: E Holder, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

935. Dennis Sullivan (1941 - ) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     28 Jun 2024: His work generated a surge of activity by introducing quasiconformal methods to the field and establishing an inspiring dictionary between rational maps and Kleinian groups of continuing interest. ... Sullivan family, ancestry.com. J Thompson, Math in 3-D

936. Israil Gelfand (1913 - 2009) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     7 Mar 2023: For services in the development of mathematics, the training of scientific specialists and in celebration of his sixtieth birthday. ... the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind.

937. Hendrik Kramers (1894 - 1952) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     7 Mar 2023: On a scientific level he would have chosen to study with Max Born in Göttingen but because of the war this was out of the question. ... H B G Casimir, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

938. Emil Post (1897 - 1954) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

     7 Mar 2023: Post's significance transcends his scientific contributions, important as those were. He remains an inspiration as well, for the manner in which he overcame his potentially crippling mental disability, for his ... H C Kennedy, Biography in Dictionary of

939. Shen Kua (1031 - 1095) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

     19 Nov 2023: Maps are of great military significance, as well as scientific interest, so his project found favour with the government. ... N Sivin, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

940. Ernst Schröder (1841 - 1902) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     18 Jan 2024: This should prepare the ground for a scientific universal language that, widely differing from linguistic efforts like Volapük [a universal language like Esperanto, very popular in Germany at the time], looks ... There is an interesting discussion of

941. Jeremiah Horrocks (1618 - 1641) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

     25 Sep 2023: Soon after his return to Lancashire, Horrocks began a scientific correspondence with William Crabtree a merchant in Broughton, near Manchester. ... in 1672-73. W Applebaum, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).