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  1. Max Born (1882 - 1970) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    23 Nov 2023: Max attended the König Wilhelm Gymnasium in Breslau, studying a wide range of subjects such as mathematics, physics, history, modern languages, Latin, Greek, and German. ... Born produced work of fundamental importance in quantum mechanics beginning

  2. Rose's Greek mathematical literature - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    12 Jul 2023: Herbert Jennings Rose was Professor of Greek in the United College of St Salvator and St Leonard of the University of St Andrews. ... More important than any of these is the geography, or rather gazetteer, of Ptolemy, in eight books, under the general

  3. A A Krishnaswami Ayyangar (1892 - 1953) - Biography - MacTutor…

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

    6 Jul 2023: This paper traces the history of the Hindu numerals. It establishes that Western writers, who had a bias towards Greek mathematicians, are wrong in saying that Hindus did not have their ... A K Srinivasan and A K Rajagopal (eds.), A A Krishnaswami

  4. Anaxagoras (499 BC - 428 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    28 Feb 2024: F M Cleve, The philosophy of Anaxagoras (New York, 1949). T L Heath, A history of Greek mathematics 1 (Oxford, 1931). ... J Zafiropulo, Anaxagore de Clazomène (1948). B Russell, History of Western Philosophy (London, 1961), 79-81.

  5. Anthemius (474 - 534) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    3 Jul 2023: Anthemius of Tralles's father was a doctor by the name of Stephanus. ... T L Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics (2 Vols.) (Oxford, 1921).

  6. Sporus (240 - 300) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: Died. about 300. Summary. Sporus was a Greek mathematician who worked on the classical problems of squaring the circle and duplicating the cube. ... T L Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics (2 Vols.) (Oxford, 1921).

  7. Dionysodorus (250 BC - 190 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: F D Cousins, Sundials (London, 1969). T L Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics II (Oxford, 1921). ... I Thomas, Selections illustrating the history of Greek mathematics II (London, 1941).

  8. Carl Jacobi (1804 - 1851) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: He received the highest awards for Latin, Greek and history but it was the study of mathematics which he took furthest. ... In fact Jacobi's interests in mathematics were very wide and while in Rome he took the opportunity to satisfy his interest in the

  9. Hipparchus (190 BC - 120 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: T L Heath, A history of Greek mathematics I, II (Oxford, 1931). ... G J Toomer, The chord table of Hipparchus and the early history of Greek trigonometry, Centaurus 18 (1973/74), 6-28.

  10. Proclus (411 - 485) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: Proclus wrote Commentary on Euclid which is our principal source about the early history of Greek geometry. ... W Beierwaltes, Proklos (Frankfurt-am-Main, 1965). T L Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics (2 Vols.) (Oxford, 1921).