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2 de jul. de 2024 · In antiquity, Pythagoras was credited with many mathematical and scientific discoveries, including the Pythagorean theorem, Pythagorean tuning, the five regular solids, the Theory of Proportions, the sphericity of the Earth, and the identity of the morning and evening stars as the planet Venus.
Hace 2 días · In the first two decades of the 19th century, Gauss was the only important mathematician in Germany, comparable to the leading French ones; his Disquisitiones Arithmeticae was the first mathematical book from Germany to be translated into the French language.
17 de jun. de 2024 · Isaac Newton, the brilliant physicist and mathematician, revolutionized our understanding of the universe with his laws of motion and universal gravitation, forever changing the course of scientific inquiry.
28 de jun. de 2024 · By examining the lives and works of these brilliant minds, viewers are invited to see beyond the numbers and formulas, uncovering the creativity, perseverance, and innovation that drive mathematical progress.
21 de jun. de 2024 · Pythagoras (born c. 570 bce, Samos, Ionia [Greece]—died c. 500–490 bce, Metapontum, Lucanium [Italy]) was a Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the Pythagorean brotherhood that, although religious in nature, formulated principles that influenced the thought of Plato and Aristotle and contributed to the development of mathematics and...
21 de jun. de 2024 · Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist, one of the founders of pure mathematics. He not only made formative contributions to the subjects of geometry, calculus, mechanics, and number theory but also developed methods for solving problems in astronomy and demonstrated practical applications of mathematics.
Hace 2 días · Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1 July 1646 [O.S. 21 June] – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat who invented calculus in addition to many other branches of mathematics, such as binary arithmetic, and statistics.
