Mathematicians

 

MATHEMATICIANS 

 

A 

Abel, Niels, Henrik 

 

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511 DOR 100 Great problems of elementary mathematicians 

920 BEL Men of Mathematics 

R 920 NOT   Notable Mathematicians From Ancient Times to the Present 

R 920 SCI  Scientists, Mathematicians, and Inventors 

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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Niels-Henrik-Abel

 

http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Abel.html

 

http://www.abelprize.no/c53680/artikkel/vis.html?tid=53894

 

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Abel.html

 

http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/men/abel.html

 

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Abel.html

 

http://www.xrefer.com/entry/168138

 

http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Niels_Henrik_Abel

 

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biographies/niels-henrik-abel

 

 

Aleksandrov, Pavel, Sergeevich 

 

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http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Aleksandrov.html

 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pavel-Sergeevich-Aleksandrov

 

http://www.geometry.net/scientists/aleksandrov_pavel.php

 

http://www.xrefer.com/entry/170311

 

http://kspu.kaluga.ru/history/English/Aleksandrov/Aleksandrov.html

 

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http://www.icmihistory.unito.it/portrait/hopf.php

 

https://www.everipedia.com/Pavel_Alexandrov/?font=Ubuntu&show_a=1

 

http://famous-scientist.blogspot.com/2008/09/aleksandrov-pavel-sergeevich.html

 

http://russianmath.weebly.com/russian-mathematics.html

 

 

 

 

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Archimedes 

 

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510.9 HOG Mathematics for the millions 

511 DOR 100 Great problems of elementary mathematicians 

920 AND Scientists of the ancient world 

R 920 NOT Notable Mathematicians From Ancient Times to the Present 

920 STE Famous scientists 

R 902.02 GRU The timetables of history 

R 920.003 SCI Scientists and Inventors (Macmillan Profiles series) 

R 920 WEB Webster’s biographical dictionary 

http://www.cloudbiography.com/bios/archimedes.html

 

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Archimedes.html

 

https://www.cs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html

 

http://www.mcs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html

 

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Archimedes.html

 

http://archimedespalimpsest.org/about/history/archimedes.php

 

http://www.permanent.com/archimedes/

 

http://www.archimedes-lab.org/

 

http://www.dkfindout.com/us/science/famous-scientists/archimedes/

 

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-real-story-behind-archimedes-eureka-armand-d-angour

 

 

 

B 

Babbage, Charles 

 

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R 609 INV Inventors and Discoverers 

R 902.02 GRU The timetables of history 

920 HEN Modern Mathematicians 

R 920 NOT Notable Mathematicians From Ancient Times to the Present 

R 920 WEB Webster’s biographical dictionary 

R 920.003 SCI Scientists and Inventors (Macmillan Profiles series) 

http://www.charlesbabbage.net/

 

http://www.biography.com/people/charles-babbage-9193834

 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Babbage

 

 

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http://www.cbi.umn.edu/about/babbage.html

 

http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Babbage.html

 

http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Babbage.html

 

http://www.cloudbiography.com/bios/babbage-charles.html

 

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/Charles-Babbage

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/babbage_charles.shtml

 

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121206408

 

http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/babbage.html

 

http://vmoc.museophile.sbu.ac.uk/babbage/

 

http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/People/Babbage__Charles__1791_1871_/

 

 

Bernoulli, Daniel 

 

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Discoveries Around the World 

510.9 HOG Mathematics for the millions 

R 902.02 GRU The timetables of history 

920 MCG McGraw Hill modern men of science 

R 920 NOT Notable Mathematicians From Ancient Times to the Present 

R 920 WEB Webster’s biographical dictionary 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Babbage

 

http://www.springer.com/birkhauser/history+of+science?SGWID=0-40295-6-122589-0

 

https://plus.maths.org/content/os/issue1/bern/index

 

http://www.visionlaunch.com/daniel-bernoulli-inventions-and-accomplishments/

 

http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/daniel-bernoulli-4716.php

 

http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/science-and-technology/mathematics-

biographies/daniel-bernoulli

 

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/BernoulliDaniel.html

 

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Bernoulli_Daniel.html

 

http://www.birkhauser.ch/books/math/bernoulli/daniel.html

 

http://chronomath.irem.univ-mrs.fr/chronomath/BernoulliDan.html

 

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/thomas_awl/chapter1/medialib/c

ustom3/bios/bernoullidaniel.htm

 

 

Bernoulli, Jakob 

 

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511 DOR 100 Great problems of elementary mathematicians 

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R 920 WEB Webster’s biographical dictionary 

 

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http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/BernoulliJakob.html

 

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Bernoulli_Jacob.html

 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jakob-Bernoulli

 

http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/jacob-bernoulli-543.php

 

http://www.famous-mathematicians.com/jacob-bernoulli/

 

http://www.storyofmathematics.com/18th_bernoulli.html

 

http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/men/bernoulli.html

 

http://www.mathematik.ch/mathematiker/jakob_bernoulli.php

 

http://www.birkhauser.ch/books/math/bernoulli/jacob1.html

 

http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/periodictable/html/Br.html

 

http://www.umass.edu/wsp/acquiring/tales/bernoulli.html

 

https://plus.maths.org/content/os/issue1/bern/index

 

 

 

Bernoulli, Johann I. 

 

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R 510 BRU Vol. 3 and Vol. 4 Math and Mathematicians:  The History of Math 

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R 920 NOT Notable Mathematicians From Ancient Times to the Present 

R 920 WEB Webster’s biographical dictionary 

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Bernoulli_Johann(III).html

 

http://www.math.utsa.edu/ecz/l_b.html

 

http://www.storyofmathematics.com/18th_bernoulli.html

 

http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/men/bernoulli.html

 

http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Bernoulli_Johann.html

 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Bernoulli

 

http://www.famous-mathematicians.com/johann-bernoulli/

 

http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-epic-story-of-johann-bernoulli-the-meanest-man-in-

1640213708

 

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http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/johann-bernoulli-3879.php

 

http://study.com/academy/lesson/johann-bernoullis-contributions-to-math-biography-

lesson-quiz.html

 

http://pirate.shu.edu/~wachsmut/ira/history/bernoull.html

 

http://www.birkhauser.ch/books/math/bernoulli/johann1.html

 

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/thomas_awl/chapter1/medialib/c

ustom3/bios/bernoullijohann.htm

 

 

Bessel, Fredrich, Wilhelm 

 

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R 510 BRU Vol.4 Math and Mathematicians:  The History of Math Discoveries Around 

the World 

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R 920 NOT Notable Mathematicians From Ancient Times to the Present 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Friedrich-Wilhelm-Bessel

 

http://messier.seds.org/xtra/Bios/bessel.html

 

http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/science-and-technology/astronomy-

biographies/friedrich-wilhelm-bessel

 

http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Bessel_Friedrich_Wilhelm.html

 

http://biography.yourdictionary.com/friedrich-wilhelm-bessel

 

http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/people/bessel-friedrich-wilhelm.html

 

 

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Bessel.html

 

http://www.j4.com/scientists/bessel_wilhelm_page_no_4.php

 

http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/persons/pers_bessel.html

 

http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/periodictable/html/Bk.html

 

 

Birkhoff, George, David 

 

920 MCG McGraw Hill modern men of science 

R 920 NOT Notable Mathematicians From Ancient Times to the Present 

R 920 Webster’s biographical dictionary 

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Birkhoff.html

 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-David-Birkhoff

 

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/people/wd51hd/vddoolpubs/birkhofffinalplus.pdf

 

http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/science-and-technology/mathematics-

biographies/george-david-birkhoff

 

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http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/people/birkhoff-george-david.html

 

 

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Blackwell, David Harold 

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R 920 Notable Notable Mathematicians From Ancient Times to the Present 

http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/PEEPS/blackwell_david.html

 

 

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https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Harold-Blackwell

 

http://www.blackpast.org/aah/blackwell-david-harold-1919-2010

 

https://ww2.amstat.org/about/statisticiansinhistory/index.cfm?fuseaction=biosinfo&BioI

D=20

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/17/education/17blackwell.html

 

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/david-blackwell-fought-racism-became-

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record/david-harold-blackwell

 

http://celebratio.org/Blackwell_DH/article/27/

 

 

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Boole, George 

 

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Discoveries Around the World 

R 609 INV Inventors and Discoverers 

R 902.02 GRU The timetables of history 

920 HEN Modern Mathematicians 

R 920 NOT Notable Mathematicians From Ancient Times to the Present 

R 920 WEB Webster’s biographical dictionary 

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biographies/george-boole

 

 

http://www.xrefer.com/entry/551472

 

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci525743,00.html

 

 

C 

Cantor, Georg 

 

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R 510 BRU Vol. 3 and Vol. 4 Math and Mathematicians:  The History of Math 

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510 ASI Realm of numbers 

R 902.02 GRU The timetables of history 

920 HEN Modern Mathematicians 

R 920 NOT Notable Mathematicians From Ancient Times to the Present 

R 920 WEB Webster’s biographical dictionary 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georg-Ferdinand-Ludwig-Philipp-Cantor

 

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biographies/georg-cantor

 

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http://www.shu.edu/projects/reals/history/cantor.html

 

http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Cantor.html

 

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/CantorGeorg.html

 

 

Cardano, Gerolamo (Jerome Cardan) 

 

509 PAR Breakthroughs : a chronology of great achievements in science and 

mathematics 

R 510 BRU Vol. 3 and Vol. 4 Math and Mathematicians:  The History of Math 

Discoveries Around the World 

510.9 HOG Mathematics for the millions 

R 902.02 GRU The timetables of history 

R 920 NOT Notable Mathematicians From Ancient Times to the Present 

R 920 WEB Webster’s biographical dictionary 

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Cardan.html

 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Girolamo-Cardano

 

http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/men/cardano.html

 

 

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biographies/girolamo-cardano

 

http://biography.yourdictionary.com/geronimo-cardano

 

http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Cardano_Gerolamo.html

 

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girolamo-cardano-english-literature-essay.php

 

 

 

Carnot, Lazare 

 

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R 920 WEB Webster’s biographical dictionary 

http://www.napoleon-empire.com/personalities/carnot.php

 

http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/french-history-biographies/lazare-nicolas-

marguerite-carnot

 

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s-geometry

 

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ustom3/bios/carnot.htm

 

http://aol.bartleby.com/66/66/10566.html

 

 

Cauchy, Augustin-Louis 

 

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Discoveries Around the World 

511 DOR 100 Great problems of elementary mathematicians 

R 920 NOT Notable Mathematicians From Ancient Times to the Present 

R 920 WEB Webster’s biographical dictionary 

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Cauchy.html

 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Augustin-Louis-Baron-Cauchy

 

https://math.berkeley.edu/~robin/Cauchy/accomplishments.html

 

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http://www.famous-mathematicians.com/augustin-louis-cauchy/

 

 

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biographies/augustin-louis-cauchy

 

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http://79.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CA/CAUCHY_AUGUSTIN_LOUIS_BARON.htm

 

 

Cayley, Arthur 

 

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mathematics 

R 510 BRU Vol. 3 and Vol. 4 Math and Mathematicians:  The History of Math 

Discoveries Around the World 

R 902.02 GRU The timetables of history 

R 920 NOT Notable Mathematicians From Ancient Times to the Present 

R 920 WEB Webster’s biographical dictionary 

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