Nouns by Tag math
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Eudoxus of Cnidus ( Εὔδοξος ὁ Κνίδιος)
Ancient Greek astronomer, mathematician, scholar — Student of Archytas and Plato![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/0.jpg)
Callippus (Κάλλιππος)
Ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician — studied under Eudoxus, and extended his cosmological scheme of 27 spheres ...![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/32.jpg)
Euclid (Euclid of Alexandria)
The 'father of geometry,' he was active in Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I (323–283 BCE). His Elements is one of t...![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/303.jpg)
Aristarchus of Samos (Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σάμιος)
First person known to propose an heliocentric (Sun-centered) theory of the universe as well as first to deduce the rotation o...![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/603.jpg)
Archimedes (Archimedes of Syracuse, Ἀρχιμήδης)
One of the greatest mathematicians and scientists of Ancient Greece![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/431.jpg)
Almagest (Μαθηματικὴ Σύνταξις, Syntaxis Mathematica)
Ptolemy presents his geocentric model of the universe, a star catalog, and astronomical calculations in a 13 book set.P...
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al-Khwarizmi (Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi)
Founder of algebra, His name was originally translated as Algorithmi which gives rise to the word algorithm.Translations...
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Al-Kindi (Abu Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī)
Muslim philosopher, polymath, mathematician, physician and musician. Al-Kindi was the first of the Islamic peripatetic philos...![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/670.jpg)
Al-Battani (Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān al-Raqqī al-Ḥarrānī aṣ-Ṣābiʾ al-Battānī, محمد بن جابر بن سنان البتاني)
The most renowned astronomer of the Islamic Golden Age, called the "Ptolemy of the Arabs." Also, known for several important...![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/51.jpg)
Fibonacci (Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo of Pisa, Leonardo Pisano Bigollo, Leonardo Fibonacci)
Fibonacci popularized the Hindu–Arabic numeral system in the Western World primarily through his composition in 1202 of Lib...![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/100.jpg)
Abraham ben Samuel Zacut (Abraham Zacuto)
Royal Astronomer and Historian to King John II of Portugal. His astronomical almanac helps Columbus and de Gama in their expl...![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/407.jpg)
Giambattista della Porta (Giovanni Battista Della Porta, Professor of Secrets)
Prolific Italian playwright and occult scientist who founded the Academia Secretorum Naturae in the 16th century ( later shu...![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/1460.jpg)
Gaspard Monge (Comte de Péluse)
French mathematician, the inventor of descriptive geometry (the foundation of technical drawing), and the father of different...![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/2588.jpg)
Évariste Galois
Galois' most significant contribution to mathematics is his development of Galois theory. He realized that the algebraic solu...![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/375.jpg)
Georg Cantor
Created Set Theory, using it to prove that the real numbers are more numerous than the natural numbers.However, hi...
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Felix Klein
German mathematician best known for the Klien Bottle. He made significant advancements in group theory, complex analysis, n...![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/0.jpg)
David Hilbert
A German mathematician, one of the most influential mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Hilbert discovered a...![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/54.jpg)
Albert Einstein
Developed the theory of relativity, and is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science.![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/2572.jpg)
Alan Turing
English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was high...![Click to enlarge Highslide JS](/uploads/354.jpg)