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Isaac Newton
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Isaac Newton
Philosopher, Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist / 1643 - 1727
English physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton, most famous for his work on gravity, was instrumental in the scientific revolution of the 17th century.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
Mathematician, Astronomer / 1777 - 1855
Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist who published over 150 works and contributed the fundamental theorem of algebra.
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Blaise Pascal
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Blaise Pascal
Philosopher, Mathematician, Theologian, Physicist / 1623 - 1662
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher who laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities. -
Robert Hooke
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Robert Hooke
Philosopher, Scholar, Mathematician, Architect, Illustrator, Astronomer, Physicist, Academic Author / 1635 - 1703
Robert Hooke was an English philosopher, mathematician and architect who discovered the law of elasticity, now known as Hooke's law.
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Charles Babbage
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Charles Babbage
Mathematician, Inventor / 1791 - 1871
Charles Babbage was an English mathematician and inventor who is credited with having conceived the first automatic digital computer.
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Emmy Noether
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Emmy Noether
Mathematician / 1882 - 1935
German mathematician Emmy Noether (1882–1935) revolutionized the areas of abstract algebra and theoretical physics. Even Einstein called her a genius.
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