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The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive – Extensive list of detailed biographies The Oberwolfach Photo Collection – Photographs of mathematicians from all over the world Photos of mathematicians – Collection of photos of mathematicians (and computer scientists) made by Andrej Bauer.
Michael Maestlin (1550-1631), mathematician, astronomer, Kepler's mentor; Johannes Remus Quietanus, astronomer; Paul Hermann (1645-1696), botanist; Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), mathematician and astronomer, He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae ...
Mathematical artists Artist Dates Artform Contribution to mathematical art Calatrava, Santiago: 1951– Architecture: Mathematically-based architecture [3] [8]: Della Francesca, Piero
Euler is regarded as arguably the most prolific contributor in the history of mathematics and science, and the greatest mathematician of the 18th century. [ 12 ] [ 11 ] His 866 publications and his correspondence are being collected in the Opera Omnia Leonhard Euler which, when completed, will consist of 81 quartos .
Paul Erdős published more papers than any other mathematician in history, [219] working with hundreds of collaborators. Mathematicians have a game equivalent to the Kevin Bacon Game, which leads to the Erdős number of a mathematician. This describes the "collaborative distance" between a person and Erdős, as measured by joint authorship of ...
Men of Mathematics: The Lives and Achievements of the Great Mathematicians from Zeno to Poincaré is a book on the history of mathematics published in 1937 by Scottish-born American mathematician and science fiction writer E. T. Bell (1883–1960). After a brief chapter on three ancient mathematicians, it covers the lives of about forty ...
Nicolas Bourbaki (pseudonym used by a group of French mathematicians, 20th century) Thomas Bradwardine (England, c. 1290–26 August 1349) Richard Brinkley (England, died c. 1379) Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (Netherlands, 1881–1966) Alan Richard Bundy (UK, born 1947) Franco Burgersdijk (Netherlands, 1590–1629) Jean Buridan (France, c. 1300 ...
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