Born: c. 1170 in Italy Died: c. 1250 (at about age 80) Nationality: Italian Famous For: Fibonnaci Numbers Leonardo Pisano Bigollo was an Italian mathematician. He is usually better known by his nickname, Fibonacci, and is considered to be among the foremost European mathematicians of the medieval era. He was instrumental in bringing the widespread […]
Mathematics is a field that many people shy away from, but there are some who had a passion for numbers and making discoveries regarding equations, measurements, and other numerical solutions in history. They looked for ways to understand the world as it relates to numbers and their contributions have been very important for their generation […]
Born: c. 570 BC in on the island of Samos Died: c. 495 BC (at about age 75) in Metapontum Nationality: Greek Famous For: Pythagorean Theorem Pythagoras was a Greek mathematician known for formulating the Pythagorean Theorem. He was also a philosopher who taught that numbers were the essence of all things. He associated numbers […]
Born: , in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England Died: (at age 84), in Kensington, Middlesex, England, Great Britain Nationality: English Famous For: Newton’s method for estimating roots of a function Isaac Newton is one of the most celebrated and recognized mathematicians and physicists in world history. Known for his discovery of gravity, […]
Born: c. 287 BC in Syracuse, Sicily Died: c. 212 BC (at about age 75) in Syracuse, Sicily Nationality: Greek Famous For: Accurate calculation for pi Archimedes was a great mathematician born in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, in 287 BC. He is revered as one of the three greatest mathematicians of all time alongside Carl Gauss […]