Mathematical Collection (page 7)

Circumference of the Earth. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) de
Circumference of the Earth. Eratosthenes (250 BC) calculated the circumference of the Earth by measuring noontime shadows at two localities of different latitude

Antonio Maria Bordoni (1789-1860). Italian mathematican. Sta
Antonio Maria Bordoni (1789-1860). Italian mathematican. He is generally considered to be the founder of the mathematical school of Pavia. Statue. University of Pavia. Italy

The Astrarium of Giovanni Dondi (1318-1388). Used to determine the position of planets according to he Ptolemaic theory of the Universe. National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci

Pythagoras of Samos (570 BC-495 BC). Ionic Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. Bust. Roman copy. 1st and 2nd centuries. Capitoline Museums

Paris Exhibition - Palace of science, letters and art 1900
The entrance of printing exhibits, the scholastic exhibits, the display of books, ancient and modern, mathematical, scientific and musical instruments. Date: 1900

Torus, artwork F006 / 3599
Torus. Computer artwork of a torus. A torus is a mathematical surface with the shape of a doughnut

Mandelbrot fractal F008 / 4440
Mandelbrot fractal. Computer graphic showing a fractal image derived from the Mandelbrot Set. Fractals geometry is used to derive complex shapes as often occur in nature

Mandelbrot fractal F008 / 4435
Mandelbrot fractal. Computer graphic showing a fractal image derived from the Mandelbrot Set. Fractals geometry is used to derive complex shapes as often occur in nature

Economics research, conceptual artwork
Economics research. Conceptual artwork representing research carried out on the economics and sharing strategies of humans and chimpanzees

Gottfried Leibniz, caricature
Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716). Caricature of the German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Leibniz is best known for developing the infinitesimal calculus independently of Isaac Newton

Lord Kelvin, caricature C015 / 6712
Lord Kelvin (1824-1907). Caricature of the British physicist and mathematician William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. Kelvin was co-discoverer in 1852 of the Joule-Thomson effect

Ernst Kummer, caricature C015 / 6704
Ernst Kummer (1810-1893). Caricature of the German mathematician Ernst Eduard Kummer. Kummer trained German army officers in ballistics

Calabi-yau manifold, artwork C017 / 8031
Calabi-yau manifold, computer artwork. Calabi-yau manifolds are six-dimensional shapes thought to be the location of the extra six dimensions (on top of the four known to exist)

Squaring the circle, 17th century C017 / 8003
Squaring the circle. 17th-century diagram showing geometrical calculations related to the problem known as squaring the circle

Dodecahedral sponge fractal, 3D artwork C013 / 7783
Dodecahedral sponge fractal. 3D simulation of an aperiodic geometric crystal, with a background representing a diffraction pattern characteristic of an aperiodic crystal with fivefold symmetry

Pascals triangle. The property of this triangle is that each number is the sum of the two numbers directly above it. This triangular construct was known to earlier mathematicians in a slightly

Thales, Ancient Greek philosopher
Thales of Miletus (c.624-c.546 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and the first identifiable scientist

Alan Turing, British mathematician
Alan Turing (1912-54), British mathematician. Turing was educated at Cambridge and Princeton. In 1937 he described a theoretical computer (a Turing machine) in rigorous mathematical terms

Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician
Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician. Euler developed the theory of differential equations and the calculus of variations, and did important work in astronomy and optics

Legend of Archimedes and the lever, historical artwork. Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287-212 BC), Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer

Death of Archimedes in sack of Syracuse
Death of Archimedes in the sack of Syracuse. The Ancient Greek mathematician, physicst and engineer Archimedes (c.287-c.212 BC) was one of the leading scientists in antiquity

Greek letter zeta, lower case
Zeta is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7 rather than 6 because the letter digamma (also called stigma as a Greek numeral)

Mathematical model, computer artwork. This model is called a breather

Mathematical logic, 1503
Mathematical logic. Woodcut titled Typus Logice that appeared in Aepitoma omnis phylosophiae (1504) by the German author Georg Reisch (c.1467-1525)

Mathematical diagrams, 17th century
Mathematical diagrams. 18th-century journal page with 17th-century diagrams illustrating geometric curves and logarithms. This page is from volume 1 of the 1749 edition of The Philosophical

Mercator map projection, diagram
Mercator map projection. Diagram of an Earth globe (left) and a Mercator map projection (right) with the blue strip (from South America to Greenland)

Wave pattern, computer artwork
Computer artwork of sine waves pattern depicted as wireframes

Isaac Newton, English physicist
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), English physicist, mathematician and alchemist. As a mathematician Newton discovered the binomial theorem and developed differential and integral calculus

Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician
Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician and physical theorist. Fermat is most famous for devising Fermats principle to derive the path taken by light rays

N. I. Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792-1856), Russian mathematician. Lobachevsky studied and worked at Kazan University, Kazan, Tatarstan, then part of the Russian Empire

Computer-generated Mandelbrot fractal
Mandelbrot fractal. Computer-generated Mandelbrot fractal. Fractals are patterns that are formed by repeating some simple process on an ever decreasing scale

Mathematical model. Computer model of a repeated mathematical operation (iteration) to generate a random wave. The iteration involved random drawing of sets of parallel lines

Sound wave. Oscilloscope trace of a sound wave from a violin. A pure sound wave of a single pitch manifests itself as a sine wave of constant frequency

Bouncing ball, stroboscopic image using coloured lights. The strobe light was set to flash 50 times every second, and the exposure time was about 1.5 seconds

Inaudi, the lightning calculator, performing at the Hippodrome, able to do mentally any sum given by the audience up to twelve figures in addition, subtraction and multiplication. Date: 1903

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907) - a Scotch-Irish mathematical physicist and engineer. Date: circa 1905

Blanquerna. Novel written around 1293 by Mallorcan writer and philosopher Ramon Llull. It chronicles the life of its eponymous hero. Front. Valencia, 1521

Abacus, also called a counting frame. Cesis. Latvia

Joseph Bertrand
JOSEPH BERTRAND French mathematician, perpetual secretary of the mathematical sciences department of the Academie des Sciences. Date: 1822 - 1900

Science / Instruments 1827
A mathematical instrument maker with some of his instruments - astrolabe, telescope, armillary sphere etc. Date: 1827

George Bidder(1806-1878), engineer and mathematical prodigy

Sir William Thomson - British scientist
Sir William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs (1824-1907), British mathematical physicist and engineer. Date: circa 1890s

Rudimentary balloon with a boat slung underneath
A rudimentary balloon with a boat slung underneath.There are four balloons (two at each end), a sail to propel it vehicle and a rudder to steer it. From: Collegium experimentale, sive, curiosum

The Right Reverend John Wilkins
Title page and frontispiece of The mathematical and philosophical works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins. The frontispiece is a portrait of Wilkins. Date: 1708

George Gabriel Stokes
Sir GEORGE GABRIEL STOKES Irish mathematical physicist at Cambridge Date: 1819 - 1903

Onorio Marinari
ONORIO MARINARI Italian painter and engraver from Firenze, mostly doing portraits of saints, but he also wrote and illustrated a mathematical treatise. Date: 1627 - 1715

George Parker Bidder, 1819 (pencil on paper)
XJF391581 George Parker Bidder, 1819 (pencil on paper) by Cotman, John Sell (1782-1842); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Parker Bidder (1806-1878) English engineer and calculating prodigy;

Mathematician, Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1628 - 1637

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