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

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   23 Nov 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 (C) -…

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   16 Apr 2024: In 1815 A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary by Hutton has, in the entry for transcendental, the following:. ... This quotation is taken from the 1968 edition of A History of Mathematics, pages 370-371.

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

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   25 Jan 2024: 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),

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

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   6 Jul 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.

5. Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852 - 1939) - Biography - MacTutor History …

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   12 Apr 2024: R V Jones, H Wussing, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

6. Francesco Barozzi (1537 - 1604) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   12 Apr 2024: Venice, 1586). He died of apoplexy. M N Boyer, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

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

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   2 Nov 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:.

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

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   20 Aug 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

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

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   30 Dec 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).

10. Andrew Forsyth (1858 - 1942) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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    25 Jan 2024: Not everyone had such a high opinion of Forsyth, however. Read what Roth thought of him atG J Whitrow, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).