| Archimedes
(287 B.C.-212 B.C.) |
How
did the Eureka can got its name? |
| Augustin-Louis
Cauchy (1789-1857) |
His
last words: “Men pass away, but their deeds abide.” |
| Bernoulli
Family (1600s
- 1800s) |
A
whole family of mathematicians! |
| Bonaventura
Cavalieri
(1598-1647
A.D.) |
Studied
under Galileo at the age of fifteen! |
| Chinese
Mathematicians |
Tsu
Ch’ung-chih and his son found that 3.1415926
< pi < 3.1415927 |
| Eratosthenes
(?-194B.C.) |
One
of the earliest Mathematicians! |
| Euclid
(unknown) |
Euclid
was the author of at least ten works! |
| European
Mathematicians of the Dark Ages |
Gerbet
was considered as a profound scholar
and wrote on astrology, arithmetic and geometry. |
| Galileo
Galilei (1564 -1642 A.D.) |
Using the beat of his
pulse to keep time in one
of his
experiments! |
| Girolamo
Cardano (1501-1576
A.D.) |
wrote
a number of works on arithmetic,
astronomy, physics, medicine and other subjects |
| Isaac
Barrow (1630 -1677 A.D.) |
An
immediate predecessor to Newton! |
| Leonhard
Euler (1707-1783 A.D.) |
His
father taught him the basis of Mathematics |
| Pierre
de Fermat (1601?-1665 A.D.) |
received
his early education at home |
| Rene
Descartes
(1596-1650
A.D.) |
He
has a lifelong habit of lying in bed till late in
the
morning! |
