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(Encyclopedia) Jungius, JoachimJungius, Joachimyōˈäkhĭm y&oobreve;ngˈē&oobreve;s [key], 1587–1657, German mathematician, logician, and systematizer of natural history. In 1608 he made his…
MORRIS, Robert Page Walter, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Va., June 30, 1853; attended a private school and the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg…
(Encyclopedia) Debreu, GerardDebreu, Gerarddəbr&oomacr;ˈ [key], 1921–2005, French-American economist, b. Calais, France. He studied mathematics in France before coming to the United States in…
(Encyclopedia) Euler, LeonhardEuler, Leonhardlāˈônhärt oiˈlər [key], 1707–83, Swiss mathematician. Born and educated at Basel, where he knew the Bernoullis, he went to St. Petersburg (1727) at the…
Alexandrian philosopher and mathematicianBorn: 5th centuryBirthplace: Egypt Hypatia was the first well-known female mathematician. The daughter of the mathematician Theon, she was educated by her…
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(Encyclopedia) Painlevé, PaulPainlevé, Paulpōl păNləvāˈ [key], 1863–1933, French statesman and mathematician. A mathematical prodigy when a child, he entered on a career devoted to science. He was a…
First Place: $100,000 scholarship, Viviana Risca, 17, Paul D.Schreiber Senior High School, Port Washington, N.Y., for her computer science project, “DNA-based Steganography,” which studied…
