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| Famous Mathematicians |
During your study of Mathematics at Ardrossan Academy you will learn of some of the famous mathematicians who have contributed to our understanding of the modern world.
If you would like to know a little bit more about any of these people, just click on their names to download a PDF file.
Much of the information given about these people has been extracted from a web site called 'The Greatest Mathematicians of All Time', by James Dow Allen. His web site contains information about many other people who have contributed to the development of mathematics through the ages. Other sources are acknowledged on individual pages.
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Born: 287 BC |
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Brahmagupta
Born: 589 |
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Boole Born: 1815 |
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Cantor Born: 1845 |
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Dˇscartes Born: 1596 |
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Diophantus |
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Born: 322 BC |
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Euler Born: 1707 |
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Fermat Born: 1601 |
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Fibonacci Born: 1170 |
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Gauss Born: 1777 |
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Huygens Born: 1629 |
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Laplace Born: 1749 |
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Leibniz Born: 1646 |
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Maclaurin Born: 1698 |
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Napier Born: 1550 |
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Neumann Born: 1903 |
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Newton Born: 1642 |
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Pascal Born: 1623 |
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Pythagoras Born: 578 BC |
