Charles Babbage
Dec 26 1792 - Oct 18 1871
Born Teignmouth, England. Died London, England
Babbage graduated from Cambridge and at the early age of 24 was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1827 he became Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, a position he held for 12 years although Babbage never taught.
He originated the modern analytic computer. By 1834 he invented the principle of the analytical engine, the forerunner of the modern electronic computer.
In 1830 he published "Reflections on the Decline of Science in England", a controversial work that resulted in the formation, one year later, of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1834 Babbage published his most influential work "On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures", in which he proposed an early form of operational research.
The computation of logarithms had made him aware of the inaccuracy of human calculation, and he became so obsessed with mechanical computation that he spent pounds 6000 in pursuit of it. A government grant of pounds 17000 was given but support withdrawn in 1842. Although Babbage never built an operational, mechanical computer, his design concepts have been proved correct and recently such a computer has been built following Babbage's own design criteria.
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The World Great Mathematicians
Charles Babbage (Dec 26 1792 - Oct 18 1871) Born Teignmouth, England. Died London, England.
Augustin Louis Cauchy (Aug 21 1789 - May 23 1857) Born Paris, France. Died Sceaux, France.
Albert Einstein (March 14 1879 - April 18 1955) Born Ulm, Germany. Died Princeton, USA.
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (March 21 1768 - May 16 1830) Born Auxerre, France. Died Paris, France.
Carl Friedrich Gauss (April 30 1777 - Feb 23 1855) Born Brunswick, Germany. Died Göttingen, Germany.
David Hilbert (Jan 23 1862 - Feb 14 1943) Born Königsberg, Germany. Died Göttingen, Germany.
Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (Dec 10 1804 - Feb 18 1851) Born Potsdam, Germany. Died Berlin, Germany.
Pierre-Simon Laplace (March 28 1749 - March 5 1827) Born Beaumont-en-Auge, France. Died Paris, France.
Andrei Andreyevich Markov (June 14 1856 - July 20 1922) Born Ryazan, Russia. Died St Petersburg, Russia.
Sir Isaac Newton (Jan 4 1643 - March 31 1727) Born Woolsthorpe, England. Died London, England.
Blaise Pascal (June 19 1623 - Aug 19 1662) Born Clermont-Ferrand, France. Died Paris, France.
Carle David Tolm Runge (Aug 30 1856 - Jan 3 1927) Born Bremen, Germany. Died Göttingen, Germany.
George Gabriel Stokes (Aug 13 1819 - Feb 1 1903) Born Sligo, Ireland. Died Cambridge, England.
Alan Mathison Turing
2006-10-23 21:58:25
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Einstein... a mathematician and on the comparable time a scientist. little doubt, his relativity concept, and the renowned E =mc2 contributed lots to this international...with out those, there does no longer be... quantum physics quantum mechanics chemical engineering modern physics the record is going on.... nevertheless, he's the main suitable there is!!!
2016-10-16 08:16:30
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Aryabhatta- circa 200BC, India- the greatest mathematician- astronomer ever. contributions- decimal system, - calculated the orbital paths of various planets, (that the earth is a globe and revolves round the Sun was esablished at least 1000 yrs earlier in India- tho i cant recall the names).
Others- i do agree with most people on this question.
2006-10-23 22:34:02
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answered by kapilbansalagra 4
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No. 1 = Carl Friedrich Gauss (German, 1777-1855)
No. 2 = Leonhard Euler (Swiss, 1707-83)
Then take your pick. The 20th Century greats are G.H. Hardy, Srinivasan Ramanujan, and John von Neumann.
2006-10-24 00:35:35
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answered by Anonymous
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Newton
Discoverred Calculus and Mechanics. Pretty useful.
2006-10-23 22:29:21
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Taylor polynomials.. Brooke Taylor
2006-10-23 21:59:56
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answered by eantaelor 4
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Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz in my opinion.
those two 'invented' calculus, which is one of the most powerful mathematical tools used in society today.
2006-10-23 22:31:31
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