Nouns by Tag math
Eudoxus of Cnidus ( Εὔδοξος ὁ Κνίδιος)
Ancient Greek astronomer, mathematician, scholar — Student of Archytas and Plato
Callippus (Κάλλιππος)
Ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician — studied under Eudoxus, and extended his cosmological scheme of 27 spheres ...
Euclid (Euclid of Alexandria)
The 'father of geometry,' he was active in Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I (323–283 BCE). His Elements is one of t...
Aristarchus of Samos (Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σάμιος)
First person known to propose an heliocentric (Sun-centered) theory of the universe as well as first to deduce the rotation o...
Archimedes (Archimedes of Syracuse, Ἀρχιμήδης)
One of the greatest mathematicians and scientists of Ancient Greece
Almagest (Μαθηματικὴ Σύνταξις, Syntaxis Mathematica)
Ptolemy presents his geocentric model of the universe, a star catalog, and astronomical calculations in a 13 book set.P...
al-Khwarizmi (Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi)
Founder of algebra, His name was originally translated as Algorithmi which gives rise to the word algorithm.Translations...
Al-Kindi (Abu Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī)
Muslim philosopher, polymath, mathematician, physician and musician. Al-Kindi was the first of the Islamic peripatetic philos...
Al-Battani (Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān al-Raqqī al-Ḥarrānī aṣ-Ṣābiʾ al-Battānī, محمد بن جابر بن سنان البتاني)
The most renowned astronomer of the Islamic Golden Age, called the "Ptolemy of the Arabs." Also, known for several important...
Fibonacci (Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo of Pisa, Leonardo Pisano Bigollo, Leonardo Fibonacci)
Fibonacci popularized the Hindu–Arabic numeral system in the Western World primarily through his composition in 1202 of Lib...
Abraham ben Samuel Zacut (Abraham Zacuto)
Royal Astronomer and Historian to King John II of Portugal. His astronomical almanac helps Columbus and de Gama in their expl...
Giambattista della Porta (Giovanni Battista Della Porta, Professor of Secrets)
Prolific Italian playwright and occult scientist who founded the Academia Secretorum Naturae in the 16th century ( later shu...
Gaspard Monge (Comte de Péluse)
French mathematician, the inventor of descriptive geometry (the foundation of technical drawing), and the father of different...
Évariste Galois
Galois' most significant contribution to mathematics is his development of Galois theory. He realized that the algebraic solu...
Georg Cantor
Created Set Theory, using it to prove that the real numbers are more numerous than the natural numbers.However, hi...
Felix Klein
German mathematician best known for the Klien Bottle. He made significant advancements in group theory, complex analysis, n...
David Hilbert
A German mathematician, one of the most influential mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Hilbert discovered a...
Albert Einstein
Developed the theory of relativity, and is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science.
Alan Turing
English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was high...
