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1. Louis de Broglie (1892 - 1987) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   7 Mar 2023: The French National Scientific Research Centre awarded him its gold medal in 1956. ... J L Heilbron, A R Weill-Brunschvicg, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

2. Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (S) -…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miller/mathword/s/

   24 May 2023: and. YOUNG'S THEOREM. SCIENTIFIC NOTATION. In 1895 in Computation Rules and Logarithms Silas W. ... Each word had several meanings and the meanings by no means coincided: see dictionary entries.

3. Charles Glover Barkla (1877 - 1944) - Biography - MacTutor History…

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   26 May 2023: He always preferred living in rural surroundings. A staunch Methodist, he saw scientific investigation as 'a part of the quest for God, the Creator'. ... Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). See THIS LINK.

4. Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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   17 May 2023: See [28] for more details of this quotation and more of Leonardo's ideas about the Universe. ... M Clagett, K D Keele, A Marinoni, l Reti, C J Schneer, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

5. Robert Grosseteste (1168 - 1253) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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   7 Mar 2023: He wrote a commentary on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics and Physics and many treatises on scientific subjects including De Generatione Stellarum, Theorica Planetarum. ... Roger Bacon was Grosseteste's student. A C Crombie, Biography in Dictionary of

6. Alcuin (735 - 804) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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   19 May 2023: The influence of Alcuin on later generations can be illustrated by a poem by Siegried Sassoon atP D Thomas, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

7. George Darwin (1845 - 1912) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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   7 Mar 2023: Pritchard was about that time attracting the attention of thoughtful men by his pioneer work in scientific education. ... 51 (1916), 863-864. E W Brown, The scientific work of Sir George Darwin, in G H Darwin, Scientific papers 5 (Cambridge, 1916),

8. Peter Barlow (1776 - 1862) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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   7 Mar 2023: H I Sharlin, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... Peter Barlow, Dictionary of National Biography. SeeOther pages about Peter Barlow:.

9. Horace Lamb (1849 - 1934) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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   15 May 2023: the passing of the scientific memoir, which in the hands of a Lagrange or a Poisson had a completeness and austerity of a great work of art. ... He received honorary doctorates from seven universities. K E Bullen, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific

10. John Arbuthnot (1667 - 1735) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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    30 May 2023: H Freudenthal, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... John Arbuthnot, Dictionary of National Biography II (London, 1887), 62-65. See THIS LINK.