Euclid (Born about 330 B.C. Died about 275 B.C.)EuclidThis article has no abstract. Keywords: Eucliddoi:10.1002/0471743984.vse3068Jeanne Maree IaconoJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.
named for the thirteenth-century mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci. Though he died two centuries before Gutenberg, Fibonacci is important in the history of European typography as well as mathematics. He was born in Pisa but studied in North Africa.” ...
Euclid also wrote works on perspective, conic sections, spherical geometry, number theory, and mathematical rigour. Euclid Born Mid-4th century BC Died Mid-3rd century BC Known for Euclidean geometry Euclid's Elements Euclidean algorithm List of topics named after Euclid Scientific career Fields ...
John Playfair (born March 10, 1748, Benvie, Forfarshire, Scot.—died July 20, 1819, Burntisland, Fife) was a Scottish geologist and mathematician known for his explanation and expansion of ideas on uniformitarianism—the theory that the Earth’s features generally represent a response to former...