Plane Geometry

Bernoulli, Daniel (1700-1782) Bernoulli, Daniel (1700-1782)- Most important work considered the basic properties of fluid flow, pressure, density and velocity, and gave their fundamental relationship now known… Zermelo - Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo (1871-1953) Zermelo - Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo (1871-1953)- Zermelo in 1908 was the first to attempt an axiomatisation of set theory Fibonacci - Who was Fibonacci? - Leonardo of Pisa (1175?-1250) Fibonacci - Who was Fibonacci? - Leonardo of Pisa (1175?-1250)- His names, mathematical contributions, Introducing the decimal number system into Europe, Fibonacci Series. Plato (427-347 B.C.) Plato (427-347 B.C.)- "... the reality which scientific thought is seeking must be expressible in mathematical terms, mathematics being the most precise and definite kind of think… Cauchy - Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857) Cauchy - Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857)- (Catholic Encyclopedia) Theory of polyhedra, symmetrical functions, proof of a theorem of Fermat which had baffled mathematicians like … Abel - Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829) Abel - Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829)- Norwegian mathematician. Worked on elliptic functions and integrals, algebraic solution of equations and solubility by radicals. Fermat - Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665) Fermat - Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665)- From `A Short Account of the History of Mathematics' (4th edition, 1908) by W. W. Rouse Ball. d'Alembert - Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) d'Alembert - Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783)- Helped to resolve the controversy in mathematical physics over the conservation of kinetic energy by improving Newton's definitio… Biographies of Women Mathematicians Biographies of Women Mathematicians- On-going project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College, in Atlanta, Georgia. Eratosthenes of Cyrene Eratosthenes of Cyrene- Biography of the mathematician, geographer and astronomer born 276 BC in Cyrene, North Africa. From The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.