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American mathematician [195] Ralph Randles Stewart: 1890–1993: 103: American botanist [196] Dirk Jan Struik: 1894–2000: 106: Dutch-born American mathematician [197] Su Buqing (aka Su Bu-Chin) 1902–2003: 101: Chinese mathematician, educator and poet [198] F. William Sunderman: 1898–2003: 104: American physician and scientist [199] Ralph ...
This is a List of Lists of mathematicians and covers notable mathematicians by nationality, ethnicity, religion, profession and other characteristics. Alphabetical lists are also available (see table to the right).
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 ...
Very little is known about Śrīdhara's life beyond mentions of his mathematical work by later mathematicians and the content of his extant treatises, which do not contain biographical details such as his parents, teachers, or birthplace. [1] Various scholars have suggested he came from the Bengal region or from South India. [2]
Archimedes of Syracuse [a] (/ ˌ ɑːr k ɪ ˈ m iː d iː z / AR-kim-EE-deez; [2] c. 287 – c. 212 BC) was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily. [3] Although few details of his life are known, he is considered one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity.
Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar [a] (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician.Often regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems then ...
Considered one of the greatest mathematicians of his time, [5] Nunes is best known for being the first to approach navigation and cartography with mathematical tools. Among other accomplishments, he was the first to propose the idea of a loxodrome (a rhumb line ), and was the inventor of several measuring devices, including the nonius (from ...
The Book of My Life – Girolamo Cardano [15] A Mathematician's Apology - G.H. Hardy [16] A Mathematician's Miscellany (republished as Littlewood's miscellany) - J. E. Littlewood [17] I Am a Mathematician - Norbert Wiener [18] I Want to be a Mathematician - Paul R. Halmos; Adventures of a Mathematician - Stanislaw Ulam [19] Enigmas of Chance ...