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Archimedes
Greek mathematician,
physicist, engineer, astronomer, and philosopher
born in the seaport colony of Syracuse, Sicily. |
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Pythagoras
Greek
philosopher and mathematician who proved the
Pythagorean theorem |
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Fibonacci
Italian mathematician, considered
by some '"the most talented mathematician of the
Middle Ages. |
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Isaac Newton
English physicist,
mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural
philosopher who is generally regarded as one of the
greatest scientists and mathematicians in history. |
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Charles Babbage
English
mathematician, analytical philosopher, mechanical
engineer and (proto-) computer scientist who
originated the idea of a programmable computer. |
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Did you know?
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- The number called 'Googol' is a one
followed by 100 zeros. The name of this
number was the inspiration behind the name of
the search engine Google.
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Among all shapes with the same perimeter a
circle has the largest area.
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The '=' sign ("equals sign") was invented by
16th Century mathematician Robert Recorde, who
was tired of writing "is equal to" in his
equations. He stated that he chose two
lines because "noe 2 thynges can be moare
equalle".
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