To qualify, the mathematician must be born before 1930 and his work must have breadth, depth, and historical importance. The restriction of birth-before-1930 is enforced only for the Top 105. There are 33 mathe
One cannot evaluate a mathematician's life work while he is still living! I've found in several cases that the best summary of a mathematician's work appears in his obituary. It takes time for fellow mathematicians to form a considered judgment, and then more time for historians to catch ...
A gifted and greatly respected teacher, Egyptian polymath Hypatia (c350–415) was in her time the world’s leading astronomer and mathematician. The widely-educated daughter of the mathematician and Euripides scholar Theon of Alexandria, one contemporary said she “far surpass[ed] all the philosophe...
they still achieved something. As is often the case, scientists approach the solution gradually. More recently, on September 8, 2019, University of California mathematician Terence Tao published a proof showing that the Collatz conjecture is at least “almost” true for “almost” all numbers...
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talente...
Timed perfectly for the late Eighties,The Wonder Yearsdepicted the childhood of baby boomers in the most nostalgic terms, as Fred Savage's Kevin Arnold grew up in 1960s suburbia and learned about life from the girl next door, Winnie Cooper – played by future mathematician Danica McKellar. ...
A Polish astronomer and mathematician. Theorize that the Sun, rather than the Earth, was the center of the universe. For that, he was treated as a blasphemer. On the Revolutions of the Celestial Orbsset off a revolution that forced mankind to think differently about the world and universe —...
hard-sticking showman and ad hoc mathematician following the ebb and flow of Buzz Osborne's Beefheart–ian riffs. Fueled by his love for Kiss and Zeppelin, Crover's distinct sound comes from tom-toms that explode like cannons, metal slats that sizzle, double kick that sputters and a sweat-...
Any reader will no doubt disagree with some, maybe all. We’d love to hear your own thoughts, comments and opinions, so get in touch at pwld@ioppublishing.org. Kepler’s three laws, by Isaac Newton (by 1687) British physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton was an early proponent of ...
Mathematician (1914 – 1976) Christos Papakyriakopoulos was one of the greatest pioneers in mathematics of the 19th century. He conducted research in Princeton University in the USA, and made groundbreaking contributions in the field of geometrical topology. He was highly respected among his peers ...