The name Leonhard Euler, pronounced Oiler, sounds very familiar because of the Euler paths and circuits that we learned about in chapter five. The purpose of a Euler path is to start and end at different vertices, but cross all of the edges in a graph. While a Euler circuit begins and ends at the same vertex, while still crossing all of the edges in the graph. These are the only notable things that we learned about Euler but he has contributed much more to not only mathematics but physics, astrology, and even music. “To those who ask what the infinitely small quantity in mathematics is, we answer that it is actually zero. Hence there are not so many mysteries hidden in this concept as they are usually believed to be.” Euler was born on April 15, 1707 in Basel, Switzerland, and quickly strayed from the family norm. His father, Paul Euler, was a pastor at their church and although he wanted him to also be a pastor, he was able to get him to study with Johann Bernoulli, a famous mathematician. Leonhard’s mother, Marguerite Euler, was the …show more content…
Petersburg Academy. Not only did he study mathematics, but made some large advancements in astrology, mechanics and music. Although trigonometry, geometry and calculus were his main subjects of focus. Leonhard Euler was the one who created and first used the f(x) that is almost always used when writing equations and formulas. He also originated the ‘e’ base that is used in modern notation of natural logarithms. In 1748, Euler wrote about the concept of function in mathematical analysis, and eventually worked on proving the theories of Newton and Fermat. Leonhard added many contributions to the Euler-Bernoulli beam equation that is seemingly essential in engineering. Since he didn’t only work in mathematics, he half solved the theory of lunar motion in
Who was Henry Flagler? Henry Flagler was a self made millionaire. Henry Flagler was born in Hopewell, New York in 1830. In 1953 he was married to Mary Harkness and had three children. In 1862 he and his brother-in law created a company for mining ice, this was called the Flagler and York Salt Company. After the cold war the need for salt had diminished leaving the Flagler and York Salt Company in dept. Soon after paying back the money he had become acquaintances with John D. Rockefeller. In Cleveland where he live it was staring to boom with oil. Rockefeller and Flagler left the grain business to create an oil business. They later moved to New York the headquarter for oil.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Sj, was born on May 1, 1881 in Sarcenat, France and he died April 10, 1955 in New York City ("Pierre Teilhard De Chardin"). He was a Jesuit paleontologist who worked to connect and understand both evolution and faith. Teilhard first became interested in nature as a child and as he grew older he furthered his studies in both geology and the natural sciences. After he entered into the Jesuits, when he was eighteen, he prepared to give up his interests so that he may better give himself to his spiritual vocation. While in the Jesuits, the Church issued a monitum to Teilhard warning him against uncritical acceptance of the ideas he had and would later write about. Even with this warning, his spiritual dedication was
Pedro Nune's had many contributions to mathematics but he is best known for his contribution in the national sciences in navigation and cartography. He was the first person to approach it in a mathematical way. He was the person who invented the idea called the loxo drome. he was also the inventor of several measuring devices, called nonius from which the vernier scale was derived.
Learn about the art and artists of the Bechtler collection and engage imaginations through special museum tours, hands-on art activities and more during Family Day Saturday, October 15.
Christian is an extraordinary person that was born on November 29, 1803, in Salzburg, Austria. His birth parents were Johann Evangialist Doppler and Therese Doppler. He had numerous sibling that accompanied him on his adventures when he was young. They were Johann Doppler, Katharina Doppler Mühlbauer, Anna Doppler, and Theresia Doppler. Christian attended institution in Vienna, the Polytechnic Institution, after it was discovered that he had heaps of potential. Christian
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.
Ludwig Leichhardt was born on the 23rd October 1813 in the village of Trebatsch. He was the forth son and sixth of the eight children of Christian Hieronymus Matthias Leichhardt, farmer and royal inspector and his wife Charlotte Sophie. on the 23rd of May Leichhardt was awarded a medal by the royal geographical society of London for recognition of the increased knowledge of Australia.
HamptonSocial Studies April 27, 2015Renaissance Essay: Johannes Kepler Imagine what it would be like to be a great mathematician, who could solve anything involving numbers. This makes me think of Johannes Kepler because he was the renaissance’s innovator who could invent new ideas with math. Johannes Kepler was born in Weil Der Stadt in the holy Roman Empire now Germany. Johannes was known for being able to justify six planets and its distances. Johannes Kepler had a very rough life growing up. Early on, Johannes was prone to Ill-health. His hands were damaged and his eyesight was diagnosed with a virus called small pox. His grandfathers were amazed with his ability to solve any problem they could bring up to him involving numbers. Another fact about Johannes Kepler is his father Heinrich Kepler earned his living as a mercenary and left the family when Johannes was five. Johanne's mother took him outside to see the eclipse when he was nine years old, he remembered the event his entire life. He was schooled in latin the language of academics, the legal profession and churchmen throughout Europe. Later on he attended Protestant Seminary of Maulbronn, he wished to become a protestant minister. He also attended University of Tubingen, where he took the classes of Theology, Greek Hebrew, Philosophy and Mathematics. Johannes Kepler had
Alexis Clairaut was a prominent mathematician and astronomer. He died at the young age of 52 in Paris 1765. He was known for his deviation of light, three body problems, and Clairaut's differential equation. Clairaut’s life work helped establish the validity of Newton’s principles mentioned in Newton’s famous book “Principia of 1687” which eventually led to the publishing of his own book, “Theorie de la lune” or “Theory of the Shape of the Earth” says Britannica.com. Alexis Clairaut’s
As Albert Einstein once said, “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” Without the intellectual advancements made by countless members of the scientific community, humanity, as we know it would be non-existent. Many innovative scientist and thinkers have had to break barriers set with a heavy hand by the Catholic Church; arguably the most unjustly persecuted was the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei. Galileo was forced to recant factual discoveries he made because his ideas clashed with the Catholic Church’s.
A eukaryote is any organism whose cells have a nucleus and different organelles enclosed within the membranes. There are three distinct domain of organisms of nature which are bacteria, archaea, and Eukarya. Eukarya are eukaryotic cells that have membranes that are made out of unbranched unsaturated fat chains joined to glycerol by ester linkages. Not all of Eukarya have a cell wall, but the ones that do have a cell wall contains no peptidoglycan. The domain Eukarya has been partitioned into four supergroups, which are Archaeplastida, Alveolata, Excavata, and Unikonta. Human pathogens are found in Alveolata, Excavata,and Unikonta. “Excavata are unicellular species that usually have a feeding groove on one side of the cell and possess one or
Leonhard Paul Euler was born on April 15th, 1707 in Basel, Switzerland and died on November18th, 1783 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Even from a young age, Euler was discovered by many, including his father (Paulus) and instructor (Johann I Bernoulli), to be extraordinarily proficient in mathematics. When he was just 15 years of age, Euler concluded his studies at the University of Basel. Euler wrote a prize winning paper explaining the best organization of masts on a sailing ship at 19 years old. The book was entitled Meditationes super problemate nautico… and the award he received was from the Academy of Sciences in Paris. In 1727, he submitted a dissertation regarding sound (Dissertatio physica de sono) in
Pierre de Fermat Pierre de Fermat was born in the year 1601 in Beaumont-de-Lomages, France. Mr. Fermat's education began in 1631. He was home schooled. Mr. Fermat was a single man through his life. Pierre de Fermat, like many mathematicians of the early 17th century, found solutions to the four major problems that created a form of math called calculus. Before Sir Isaac Newton was even born, Fermat found a method for finding the tangent to a curve. He tried different ways in math to improve the system. This was his occupation. Mr. Fermat was a good scholar, and amused himself by restoring the work of Apollonius on plane loci. Mr. Fermat published only a few papers in his lifetime and gave no systematic exposition of his methods. He had a
Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who was born on March 23, 1882 in Erlangen, Germany. Her dad was Max Noether, who wa a mathematics professor. Emmy could not attend regular school. She was made to attend a “finishing school.” She was best in English and French. Emmy loved to play the clavier and to cook. Emmy is known for her knowledge in chain conditions on ideas for rings. Emmy received her degrees in mathematics from the University of Erlangen. The mazi’s took over control of Germany’s government, which meant she had no other choice then to leave Germany and live somewhere else.
David Hilbert was a German mathematician whose research and study of geometry, physics, and algebra revolutionized mathematics and went on to introduce the mathematic and scientific community with a series of mathematical equations that have yet to be solved. Furthermore, his study of mathematics laid the groundwork for a variety of ongoing mathematic analyses, which continue to influence the world today.