1) Hero, Greek mathematician. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hero, Greek mathematician, Greek mathematician: see Heron of Alexandria....
2) Euclid, Greek mathematician. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Euclid, Greek mathematician, (yoo´klid) (KEY) , fl. 300 B.C., Greek mathematician. Little is known of his life other than the fact that he taught at Alexandria, being...
3) mathematician. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A person skilled or learned in mathematics....
4) Autolycus, Greek astronomer and mathematician. The Columbia Encyclopedia,
Sixth Edition. 2001
...Autolycus, Greek astronomer and mathematician, (otol´iks) (KEY) , fl. 4th cent. B.C., astronomer and mathematician of Pitane in Aeolis. Of his two extant works, that...
5) Torricelli. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...an Italian mathematician (1608-47), noted for his explanation of the rise of water in a common barometer. Galileo explained the phenomenon by the ipse dixit of "Nature...
6) Galileo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Galilei) (gal´ile´o; galele´o galele´e) (KEY) , 1564-1642, great Italian astronomer, mathematician, and physicist. By his persistent investigation of natural laws...
7) Mersenne (2 syl.). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...The English Mersenne. John Collins, mathematician and physicist, so called from Marin Mersenne, the French philosopher (1624-1683). 1...
8) Chapter 17. Minkowski s Four-Dimensional Space. Einstein, Albert. 1920.
Relativity: The Special and General Theory
...THE NON-MATHEMATICIAN is seized by a mysterious shuddering when he hears of four-dimensional things, by a feeling not unlike that awakened by thoughts of the occult....
9) Wiener, Norbert. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964, American mathematician and educator, b. Columbia, Mo., grad. Tufts College, 1909, Ph.D. Harvard, 1913. In 1920 he joined the faculty of...
10) Cartan, Elie Joseph. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Cartan, Élie Joseph, (ale´ zhozef´ kartaN´) (KEY) , 1869-1951, French mathematician. The son of a village blacksmith, he graduated from the Ecole normale and taught...
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