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Bookmark or Share- Rene Descartes Facts & Biography | Famous MathematiciansBorn: March 31, 1596, in La Haye en Touraine, Kingdom of France Died: Feb 11, 1650 (at age 53), in Stockholm, Swedish Empire Nationality: French Famous For: Developing the Cartesian coordinate system René Descartes was a French mathematician, philosopher, and writer that spent nearly all of his adult life living in the Dutch Republic. He […]
- Pythagoras Facts & Biography | Famous MathematiciansBorn: c. 570 BC in on the island of Samos Died: c. 495 BC (at about age 75) in Metapontum Nationality: Greek Famous For: Pythagorean Theorem Pythagoras was a Greek mathematician known for formulating the Pythagorean Theorem. He was also a philosopher who taught that numbers were the essence of all things. He associated numbers […]
- Thales Facts & Biography | Famous MathematiciansBorn: c. 624 BC in Miletus, Turkey Died: c. 547 BC (at about age 77), Location unknown Nationality: Greek Famous For: Formulated the five theorems of geometry Thales remains one of the most distinguished of all figures in the history of mathematics. He is considered the true father of Greek math, science, and even philosophy. […]
- Eratosthenes Facts & Biography | Famous MathematiciansBorn: 276 BC in Cyrene (modern day Libya) Died: 194 BC (at age 82) in Alexandria, Egypt Nationality: Greek Famous For: Calculating the Earth’s circumference Eratosthenes was a mathematician and astronomer from Greek antiquity. His work helped lay the foundation for many of the brilliant advanced concepts in math and science in the modern era.
- Albert Einstein Facts & Biography | Famous MathematiciansBorn: March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire Died: April 18, 1955 (at age 76) in Princeton, New Jersey Nationality: German Famous For: Father of the Atomic Age. Many contributions to science that transformed the modern world Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1921), Time Magazine’s Person of the Century (1999) Albert Einstein, […]
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