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Matt Parker was born in Perth, Western Australia, [6]: 77 and grew up in the northern suburb of Duncraig. [7] [8] He began showing an interest in maths and science from a young age, and at one point was part of his school's titration team.
Pages in category "Biographies and autobiographies of mathematicians" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
John Venn, FRS, [2] [3] FSA [4] (4 August 1834 – 4 April 1923) was an English mathematician, logician and philosopher noted for introducing Venn diagrams, which are used in logic, set theory, probability, statistics, and computer science.
Godfrey Harold Hardy FRS [1] (7 February 1877 – 1 December 1947) [2] was an English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis. [3] [4] In biology, he is known for the Hardy–Weinberg principle, a basic principle of population genetics.
Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy (/ d ʊ ˈ s oʊ t ɔɪ /; [6] born 26 August 1965) [4] [7] is a British mathematician, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford, [8] [9] Fellow of New College, Oxford [10] and author of popular mathematics and popular science books. [11]
Joseph-Louis Lagrange [a] (born Giuseppe Luigi Lagrangia [5] [b] or Giuseppe Ludovico De la Grange Tournier; [6] [c] 25 January 1736 – 10 April 1813), also reported as Giuseppe Luigi Lagrange [7] or Lagrangia, [8] was an Italian mathematician, physicist and astronomer, later naturalized French.
Ball was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge and Sussex University, and prior to taking up his Oxford post was a professor of mathematics at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. [ 2 ] Ball's research interests include elasticity , the calculus of variations , and infinite-dimensional dynamical systems .
Cohen was a full professor of mathematics at Stanford University. He was an Invited Speaker at the ICM in 1962 in Stockholm and in 1966 in Moscow. Angus MacIntyre of the Queen Mary University of London stated about Cohen: "He was dauntingly clever, and one would have had to be naive or exceptionally altruistic to put one's 'hardest problem' to ...