Shen Kuo

Shen Kuo

male, deceased (1095)
Shen Kuo or Shen Kua (1031–1095 AD) was a polymath Chinese scientist and statesman of the Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD). Excelling in many fields of s...
Vincenzo Viviani

Vincenzo Viviani

male, deceased (1703)
Italian mathematician , leading geometer of his time, who founded the Accademia del Cimento. As one of the first important scientific societies,...
Leslie Lamport

Leslie Lamport

male, 68 years old (Palo Alto, California, United States)
Dr. Leslie Lamport (born 1941) is an American computer scientist. A graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, he received a B.S. in mathematics...
Jean-Charles de Borda

Jean-Charles de Borda

male, deceased (1799)
Jean-Charles Chevalier de Borda, was a French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor. Born in the city of Dax, in 1756 Borda...
Su Song

Su Song

male, deceased (1101)
Su Song (style Zirong was a renowned Chinese statesman, astronomer, cartographer, horologist, pharmacologist, mineralogist, zoologist, botanist,...
Jean-Victor Poncelet

Jean-Victor Poncelet

male, deceased (1867)
Jean-Victor Poncelet (July 1, 1788 - December 22, 1867) was a mathematician and engineer who did much to revive projective geometry.
G. Spencer-Brown

G. Spencer-Brown

male, 86 years old
George Spencer-Brown (born April 2, 1923, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England) is a polymath best known as the author of "Laws of Form". He describes...
Kurt Heegner

Kurt Heegner

male, deceased (1965)
Kurt Heegner was a German high school teacher and radio engineer from Berlin now famous for his mathematical discoveries. In 1952 Heegner published...
Lazare Carnot

Lazare Carnot

male, deceased (1823)
Comte Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (May 13, 1753-August 2, 1823), the "Organizer of Victory" in the French Revolutionary Wars was a French...
William Thomson 1st Baron Kelvin

William Thomson 1st Baron Kelvin

male, deceased (1907)
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, FRSE, (26 June 1824 - 17 December 1907) was a mathematical physicist, engineer, and...
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