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1. Heinrich Suter (1848 - 1922) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   7 Mar 2023: He obtained a doctorate from the University of Zürich in 1871 on the history of mathematics. ... He then began to publish important work on the history of medieval Islamic mathematics and astronomy.

2. J Ruska on Heinrich Suter - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

   7 Mar 2023: s work on the history of mathematics. ... astronomy:-. I believe that for an essay on the history of literature in any field of knowledge it is necessary to have proper acquirements of that field of knowledge and of

3. al Biruni PDF (681k)

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Strick/al-biruni.pdf

   6 Dec 2021: He surveyed Indian literature on astronomy and astrology, history and geography, mathematics and medicine. ... The work, which comprised several volumes, also dealt with the notation for.

4. Greek astronomy - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Greek_astronomy/

   7 Mar 2023: Delambre, in his famous work on the history of astronomy, writes:-. ... J L E Dreyer, A history of astronomy from Thales to Kepler (New York, 1953).

5. Georges Buffon (1707 - 1788) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   23 Nov 2023: He is best known, however, for his work on natural history especially Discours sur la manière d'étudier et de traiter l'histoire naturelle, Théorie de la terre. ... It is a major achievement which ambitiously attempts to present all knowledge of

6. René de Sluze (1622 - 1685) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   6 Jul 2023: De Sluze did not write exclusively on mathematics. He also wrote on astronomy, physics, natural history, history and theological matters connected with his work in the church. ... De Sluze left hundreds of pages of unpublished work, including a history

7. Adolphe Rome (1889 - 1971) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   11 Jan 2024: Died. 9 April 1971. Korbeek-Lo, Belgium. Summary. Adolphe Rome was a classical philologist who worked on the history of ancient Greek mathematics and astronomy, particularly the work of Archimedes, Ptolemy, ... His research interests were mainly in the

8. Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre (1749 - 1822) - Biography - MacTutor…

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

   2 Nov 2023: In the last part of his career Delambre became interested in the history of mathematics and astronomy. ... in 1821, and his work on the history of astronomy in the eighteenth century was published by Claude Mathieu after Delambre's death.

9. William Herschel (1738 - 1822) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   25 Jan 2024: J A Bennett, 'On the Power of Penetrating into Space': The Telescopes of William Herschel, Journal of the History of Astronomy 7 (2) (1976), 75-108. ... Hist. Sci. 13 (45) (1980), 211-239. S Schaffer, The Great Laboratories of the Universe: William