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3 days ago · Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace ( / ləˈplɑːs /; French: [pjɛʁ simɔ̃ laplas]; 23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a French scholar whose work was important to the development of engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics, astronomy, and philosophy.
2 days ago · Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord ( / ˌtælɪrænd ˈpɛrɪɡɔːr /, [1] French: [ʃaʁl mɔʁis də tal (ɛ)ʁɑ̃ peʁiɡɔʁ, – moʁ-]; 2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French secularized clergyman, statesman, and leading diplomat. After studying theology, he became Agent-General of the Clergy in 1780.
2 days ago · Leonhard Euler ( / ˈɔɪlər / OY-lər, [b] German: [ˈleːɔnhaʁt ˈʔɔʏlɐ] ⓘ, Swiss Standard German: [ˈleːɔnhart ˈɔʏlər]; 15 April 1707 – 18 September 1783) was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geographer, logician, and engineer who founded the studies of graph theory and topology and made pioneering and influential discoveries in many oth...
Jul 15, 2024 · How did Hypatia die? Hypatia (born c. 355 ce —died March 415, Alexandria) was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who lived in a very turbulent era in Alexandria ’s history. She is the earliest female mathematician of whose life and work reasonably detailed knowledge exists.
Jul 12, 2024 · Archimedes (born c. 287 bce, Syracuse, Sicily [Italy]—died 212/211 bce, Syracuse) was the most famous mathematician and inventor in ancient Greece. He is especially important for his discovery of the relation between the surface and volume of a sphere and its circumscribing cylinder.
Jul 19, 2024 · Mourning in the world of Neapolitan journalism: Maurizio Cerino, dean of Naples' reporters, has died at the age of 65. Married and father of two children, Cerino was an extraordinary expert in...
3 days ago · Deep below the ocean's surface lies an underwater graveyard. For more than half a century, the fate of one of Australia's worst maritime disasters has remained a mystery. Twenty-one people died ...
