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Sridhara (870 - 930) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics
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30 Dec 2023: Unfortunately, as we indicated above, the original is lost and we have to rely on a quotation of Sridhara's rule from Bhaskara II:-. ... D Pingree, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
Ulugh Beg (1393 - 1449) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics
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4 Jan 2024: T N Kari-Niazov, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... M Bagheri, A newly found letter of al-Kashi on scientific life in Samarkand, Historia Math.
Nathaniel Bowditch (1773 - 1838) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
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26 Mar 2024: Bowditch's scientific career was largely one of self-education; the United States of his day afforded very little opportunity for research in astronomy and mathematical physics. ... E Mendelsohn, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York
Anaxagoras (499 BC - 428 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
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28 Feb 2024: there in philosophy and the new found enthusiasm for a scientific study of the world. ... J Longrigg, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
Edward Titchmarsh (1899 - 1963) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
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25 Jan 2024: R P Boas, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
Mary Somerville (1780 - 1872) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
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25 Jan 2024: E C Patterson, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... Somerville, Mary, Dictionary of National Biography LI (London, 1897), 254-255. SeeOther pages about Mary Somerville:.
Adolphe Quetelet (1796 - 1874) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
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23 Nov 2023: The following quotation from a 1848 publication shows that Quetelet understood quite well what he was measuring:-. ... To calculate your Quetelet index clickH Freudenthal, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
John Greaves (1602 - 1652) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
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25 Sep 2023: His main scientific aim was the [5]:-. practical and sober project of standardising and synchronising the weights and measures of all ancient and modern nations. ... He was buried in St Benet Sherehog, London. Biography by F Maddison, in Dictionary of
Christopher Clavius (1538 - 1612) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
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23 Nov 2023: When Galileo published Sidereus Nuncius in 1610, Clavius was an old man and it must have been extremely difficult to grasp these new discoveries both from a scientific and religious point ... H L L Busard, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Arnold Sommerfeld (1868 - 1951) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
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4 Jan 2024: He had the rare ability to have time to spare for his pupils, in spite of his duties and scientific work. ... P Forman, A Hermann, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).