Carl Friedrich Gauss had influenced the fields of mathematics and science to an illimitable extent. Gauss is referred to as the greatest mathematician of all time along with Isaac Newton and Archimedes. He is a man who is known for making groundbreaking theorems that would advance mathematics and science by several years. His contributions to the fields of number theory, non-euclidean geometry, astronomy, and algebra, is unfathomable. Most of his works were later discovered by other mathematicians as he did not publish his works since he feared error. However, he attained self-honor as he pursued his research in which he found truths that would influence generations to come. To this day, Carl Friedrich Gauss is referred to as the Princeps
Being one of the greatest philosophers of his time, Pythagoras created a society of skilled mathematicians who worked together to facilitate mathematics, showed how numbers can be independent, and proved the Pythagorean theorem, making him iconic in mathematics today. His discoveries of simple yet essential methods are prevalent today throughout many mathematical fields in which they are treasured.
He discovered the laws of planetary motion, explained how gravity works, and invented calculus, a new branch of mathematics that proved invaluable to modern scientists and mathematicians.
Born on January 4th, 1643 in Woolsthorpe, England, Isaac Newton was an established mathematician and physician. He is credited as one of the greatest minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. With his discoveries in optics, motion, and mathematics, Newton developed the principles of modern physics. He also shares credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the creation/development of Calculus.
Galileo Galilei Galileo followed his families’ footsteps by studying medicine at the University of Pisa. Later, he was inspired to study time intervals. He convinced his father to let him change his study to mathematics and natural philosophy. Galileo created many things such as the thermo scope, the hydrostatic balance, and ideas for the pendulum clock. He succeeded in experiment, theory and mathematics.
Furthermore, his discovery was important because it's been the three laws of motion which also formed the basis of modern physic. The discovery, he made also led to a more powerful way to solving mathematics.
For example, exact calculation of the Earth boundary “the distance around a circle or sphere”. He calculated this hard mathematic by using his normal and simple trigonometry and geometry knowledge by finding Earth as globe in space. During his time most Greek researcher Aristotle about (384-22 BCB) believed that the Earth is a globe, but none of was not sure that how big the Earth was. The entire Greek researcher observed that liners gone over the horizon while their poles were still noticeable. By this process Greek researcher know that the Earth is sphere. Also they had seen some changing movement position of all the stars in the big sky. He wrote few books that become very popular during that time, one of was named Catasterisms that about the constellation. This book was very helpful to find the story and description about each of the constellation, also it helps to count all the starts was included in it. But there were some confusion about his work which found by some scholars. From the Greek geographer’s books, he was showing his geographical skill and his all mathematical work was from the writing of the Pappus of Alexandria who was Greek geometer. He also wrote some books on geometry and arithmetic. However, he reported that his works was duplicating those were the cube and Sieve of Eratosthenes. It was a method for finding all the prime numbers. He not only wrote some books but also some literary critic, one of most common was “On the Old Comedy” that still available and it
In 1506 Leonardo da Vinci back to the city of Milan to work with the French rulers who avian taken possession of the city and which Leonardo da Vinci fled the country, that da Vinci met an aristocrat student named Francesco Melzi, who would become the inseparable companion of da Vinci. During his stay in Milan Leonardo da Vinci could not make any paint job, then his scientific studies was devoted. But in 1499 Leonardo da Vinci was sought to perform work to sculpt a statue to place on top of a grave of one of the conquerors who led the attack of the armed forces of France who conquered Ludovico, General Gian Giacomo Trivulzio and by Leonardo da Vinci which was forced to leave his native country. Amid the political struggle and the temporary expulsion of Leonardo da Vinci in the city of Milan, he moved to Rome in 1513.
Galileo Galilei Rough Draft Who discovered most of the astronomic knowledge that humans have today? Who revised and improved the laws of physics? Galileo Galilei was one of the most important, if not, the most important scientists of the Renaissance. His discoveries have influenced science from the Renaissance up to the modern era. Galileo was one of the most influential men during the Renaissance.
I selected Eratosthenes, the son of Agalaos for my famous mathematician because his name was really cool and i didn’t know anybody else to choose. He was born in 276 B.C and died in 194 B.C. His home town was Cyrene, Libya. Some findings Eratosthenes found was, calculating the circumference of the Earth, calculated the Earth’s tilt axis and also calculated the distance from Earth to the Sun. His education was very limited, he studied in the local gymnasium which was at his school.
The Greeks made several inventions, most notably in the subject of math, which are still studied today and taught in school. Mathematician Euclid is often credited as the “Father of Geometry” for all his work and studies in this subject, which are compiled in his books called The Elements. He organized known geometrical statements called theorems and logically proved all of them. He proved the theorem of Pythagoras (another Greek mathematician), which stated that the equation (c2 = a2 + b2) is true for every right triangle.
Pythagoras was a known as many things, a Greek philosopher, mathematician, a man of science, and the Pythagorean theorem. Pythagoras proved the Pythagorean theorem, but did not discover it, Babylonians and Indians discovered it before Pythagoras. It took five centuries after his death before the Pythagoras Theorem associated his name, this was because Plato’s followers said it was a myth two centuries after the death of Pythagoras making people not believe it was a possible theory. It was first published in the writings of Cicero and Plutarch (two well-respected writers of their time).
Even during his time he was a legend. He strongly believed that there was a system of principles that subsisted behind numbers. These principles formed a foundation for multiple concepts of traditional thinking. Since the 4th century AD Pythagoras has been given credit for discovering the Pythagorean theorem. This geometrical theory states that in a right angle triangle the area of the square of the hypotenuse is the equal to the sum of the areas of he squares of he the other two sides.
In the field of Mathematics, Archimedes was able to make the most advances in the subject of Geometry. To help people have a better grip on what exactly Geometry was, Archimedes wrote a few books. His three most notable novels were Measurement of a Circle, On Spirals, and On the Sphere and Cylinder. In his books, Archimedes didn’t just tell the reader how Geometry worked; instead, he explained his theorems through careful reasoning (Gow 12). Archimedes made two more theoretical discoveries about Geometry. He discovered the relationship between volumes of spheres and cylinders with the equivalent radius. Not only that, but he also found more accurate measurements of Pi (Gow 7). People believe that Archimedes enjoyed theoretical discoveries much more over practical discoveries. Geometry was all about theory. His love and passion for these types of findings allowed him to discover more and more about Geometry.
Mathematics composed a vital part of the life of Friedrich Gauss. All of his contributions and advancements were so
Galileo Galilei, an Italian scientist, made groundbreaking observations that contributed to modern physics and astronomy. Galileo established mathematics as the language of scientific discovery. He founded the scientific method and helped establish the modern practice of experimentation and calculated laws of nature.