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University of St Andrews: Zeno of Elea
This site from the University of St. Andrews provides a biographical account of the life of Zeno of Elea. Discusses his background as well as his achievements and contributions to the field of mathematics.
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University of St Andrews: Emmy Amalie Noether
The School of Mathematics and Statistics of St. Andrew's University provides biographical information on the mathematical career of Emmy Noether. Included are links to other famous individuals with whom she worked and links to her topics...
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University of St Andrews: Thomas Harriot
The School of Mathematics and Statistics of St. Andrew's University provides biographical information on the mathematical career of Thomas Harriot. Included are links to other famous individuals with whom he worked and links to his...
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University of St Andrews: Gabriel Cramer
From the University of St. Andrews MacTutor History of Mathematics Biographies comes this detailed life of Gabriel Cramer (1704-1752 CE), 18th century mathematician credited with "Cramer's Rule," though "Cramer was certainly not the...
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University of St Andrews: Johannes Kepler
A biographical account of the life of Johannes Kepler. Discusses his background, as well as his achievements in the field of mathematics.
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University of St Andrews: Luther Pfahler Eisenhart
The School of Mathematics and Statics at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, presents this article on the life and work of Luther Eisenhart (1876-1965 CE). Eisenhart, an American mathematician who lived well into the 20th century,...
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Tour Egypt: The Ancient Egyptian Number System
This Tour Egypt site presents an easy-to-read account of ancient Egypt mathematics. Content explores the history and development of mathematics, how it was used, what helpful documents we have found that give us insight into what the...
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Picture of Thales
Contains a detailed biography and discussion of the contributions of the ancient Greek philosopher Thales. Part of a larger mathematics site, this page focuses primarily on his contributions to Geometry.
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University of St Andrews: Mathematics Archive: Democritus of Abdera
This page provides an excellent biography of Democritus of Abdera, an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician. Discusses his life, travels, and contributions to the fields of philosophy and, to an extent, mathematics.
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University of St Andrews: Hypatia of Alexandria
The University of St Andrews gives a vivid biography of Hypatia and her influence in ancient mathematics, neoplatonic philosophy, and Alexandrian politics. Includes links to related biographies and topics.
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University of St Andrews: Colin Maclaurin
This page from the University of St. Andrews offers an excellent biography on Colin Maclaurin, a Scottish mathematician and teacher(1698-1746.) Discusses his life and his contributions to mathematics and, to an extent, astronomy.
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University of St Andrews: Johann Heinrich Lambert
This page, which is provided by the University of St Andrews, offers a short biography on Johann Heinrich Lambert, a French-German mathematician (1728-1777.) It discusses his life and his contributions to mathematics.
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University of St Andrews: Johann Heinrich Lambert
This page, which is provided by the University of St Andrews, offers a short biography on Johann Heinrich Lambert, a French-German mathematician (1728-1777.) It discusses his life and his contributions to mathematics.
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University of St Andrews: Mayan Mathematics
This site from the University of St. Andrews provides indepth information about the mathematics of the Mayan civilization, and shows just how advanced they were.
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University of St Andrews: Adrien Marie Legendre
A biographical account of the life of Adrien-Marie Legendre with emphasis on his mathematical achievements.
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University of St Andrews: Eratosthenes
This site, which is provided for by the University of St Andrews, gives an extensive biography of Eratosthenes detailing his accomplishments in mathematics and astronomy.
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University of St Andrews: Mathematics Archive: Willard Van Orman Quine
Great biography of Quine. Summarizes his works in the context of his life, with numerous quotes from Quine himself.
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University of St Andrews: Omar Khayyam
This site from the University of St. Andrews provides a biography of Omar Khayyam which gives dates of birth and death, events which occurred during his life, and discusses his major writings and mathematical achievements.
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University of St Andrews: Euclid Father of Geometry
This site, which is provided for by the University of St Andrews , gives a biography of Euclid as well as details of his contributions to mathematics.
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University of St Andrews: Eudoxus of Cnidus
A biographical account of the life of Eudoxus of Cnidus with an emphasis on his mathematical achievements.
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University of St Andrews: Rafael Bombelli
Bombelli's contributions to mathematics were mainly in algebra. He was the first to figure the multiplication of negative integers.
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University of St Andrews: Joseph Louis Lagrange
The University of St. Andrews offers a biographical account on the life of Joseph-Louis Lagrange, including information on his mathematical accomplishments.
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University of St Andrews: Johann Bernoulli
The University of St. Andrews offers a biographical account of the life of Johann Bernoulli with an emphasis on his mathematical achievements.
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University of St Andrews: Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
A very solid biography of Gauss, of course primarily directed toward his mathematical achievements. Details of his magnetic work are about in the center of the article (or do a search, Cntl-F). This is a thorough and quite useful...