Mathematics Collection (page 49)

Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician
Alexis Claude Clairaut (1713-1765), French mathematician. Clairaut was a child prodigy, writing on geometry at age twelve

Number blocks. Toy blocks depicting the numbers 1, 2 and 3. These blocks are used to teach young children and people with dyslexia how to solve mathematical problems

Pythagoras and Egyptian priests
Pythagoras (c.580-c.490 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher, with Egyptian priests. Pythagoras is thought to have studied in Egypt for 21 years

Pierre-Simon Laplace, French astronomer
Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (1749-1827), French mathematician and astronomer. Laplace is most well known as a talented mathematician who mainly applied his skills to astronomical problems

Vladimir Platonov, Soviet mathematician
Vladimir Petrovich Platonov (born 1939), Soviet mathematician. Platonov, a member of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences, was the Director of the Institute of Mathematics for that Academy from 1977 to

Pythagoras, Ancient Greek philosopher
Pythagoras (c.580-c.490 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher. Pythagoras is most famous for the theorem, a mathematical proof concerning triangles, that is named after him

Hubert Anson Newton, US astronomer
Hubert Anson Newton (1830-1896), US astronomer and mathematician. Newton studied mathematics at Yale University, USA, later becoming a professor and chairman of the mathematics department

Ivan Meshchersky, Russian mathematician
Ivan Meshchersky (1859-1935), Russian mathematician. Meshchersky was an applied mathematician who earned his reputation in fluid mechanics, modelling the flow around a non-uniform wedge

Mikhail Lavrentyev, Soviet mathematician
Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentyev (1900-1980), Soviet mathematician and hydrodynamicist, giving a lecture. Lavrentyevs work included studies of the physics of explosions

Alexey Lyapunov, Soviet mathematician
Alexey Andreevich Lyapunov (1911-1973), Soviet mathematician and computer scientist. Lyapunov was an early pioneer of computer science. He was a Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Johannes Kepler monument, Austria. Bust of the German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), besides a monument illustrating Keplers three laws of planetary motion

Pierre Louis, French physician

Mstislav Keldysh, Soviet physicist
Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (1911-1978), Soviet physicist and mathematician. Keldysh spent the inter-war years working on better aerodynamical models for aircraft

French Royal Academy of Sciences, 1666
French Academy of Sciences being presented in 1666 to King Louis XIV (1638-1715, seated, centre) of France. The members of the academy are being presented by the Kings Minister of Finance

Bogolyubov (right), Soviet physicist
Soviet nuclear physicists. At right, Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (1909-1992), the Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

Vladimir Arnold, Soviet mathematician
Vladimir Arnold (born 1937), Soviet mathematician. Arnold studied at Moscow State University, graduating in 1959. He became a professor at the university in 1965

Alhazen, Islamic scientist
Alhazen (965-1040), Islamic scientist. His Arabic name is Abu Ali Hasan ibn al-Haitham. Born in Basrah (present-day Iraq)

Bogolyubov and Keldysh, Soviet scientists
Soviet science administrators Keldysh (right) and Bogolyubov (left) attending the fifth session of one of the Supreme Soviets of the USSR in Moscow, Russia, on 18 December 1972

Abel Aganbegyan, Soviet economist
Abel Aganbegyan (born 1932), Soviet economist and mathematician, writing on a blackboard. Aganbegyan, of Armenian descent

Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician
Gerolamo Cardano (1501-1576), Italian mathematician and physician, coloured historical artwork. Gerolamo Cardano, also known as Jerome Cardan

Rene Descartes and Queen Christina
Rene Descartes (1596-1650), French mathematician, teaching astronomy to Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689). Descartes accepted a post at Christinas court in Stockholm in September 1649

Augustin Cauchy, French mathematician
Augustin cauchy (1789-1857), French mathematician. Cauchy was a pioneer of analysis and the theory of permutation groups. He made numerous contributions to mathematics

Marquis de Condorcet, French politician
Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794), French politician, mathematician and philosopher. Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, worked on integrals and probability theory

Nikolai Bogolyubov, Soviet physicist
Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (1909-1992), Soviet mathematician and physicist. Bogolyubov was born in Russia, and then educated in Kiev, the Ukraine

Jean Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician
Jean Bernoulli (1667-1748), Swiss mathematician. Johann, also known as Jean, followed his brother Jacques into mathematics and the two of them did pioneering work in calculus

Issac Barrow, English mathematician
Isaac Barrow (1630-1677), English mathematician, who resigned his post at Cambridge University, England, in favour of his pupil Isaac Newton

Archimedes, Greek mathematician
Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287-212 BC), Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer. Archimedes is regarded as the greatest mathematician of ancient times

Arabic science timeline. The Golden Age of Arabic Science occurred in the period from the 8th century to the 12th century

Archimedes during 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

Maria Agnesi, Italian mathematician
Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799), Italian scholar and mathematician. Agnesi was one of 24 children born to a mathematics professor in Bologna

Mathematical artwork. Computer-generated image derived form polynomial equations

Irregular heart beat, conceptual image
Restriction enzyme cutting DNA. Computer model showing an EcoRI endonuclease enzyme (ribbons) cutting a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) strand (blue and pink)

Mandelbulb fractal. Computer-generated image of a three-dimensional analogue derived form a Mandelbrot Set

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