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Also Known As Stirling the Venetian
Born 1692 • Scotland
Died December 5, 1770 (aged 78) • Edinburgh • Scotland
Subjects Of Study Stirling’s formula • infinite series • infinitesimal
James Gregory.
James Gregory
Scottish mathematician and astronomer
John Wallis, oil painting after a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Wallis
English mathematician
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
French mathematician
Abraham de Moivre
French mathematician
Minggantu
Chinese astronomer and mathematician
Takebe Katahiro
Japanese mathematician
Peano, Giuseppe
Giuseppe Peano
Italian mathematician
Thomas Jan Stieltjes
French mathematician
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin
Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist
John Napier
John Napier
Scottish mathematician
Colin Maclaurin, engraving by S. Freeman; in the British Museum.
Colin Maclaurin
Scottish mathematician
Eric Temple Bell
American mathematician
Peter Guthrie Tait
Scottish mathematician and physicist
Andrew Russell Forsyth
British mathematician
Edward Thomas Copson
British mathematician
Playfair, John
John Playfair
Scottish geologist and mathematician
Luca Pacioli
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Farkas Bolyai
Hungarian mathematician and writer
Understanding Newton's theory of universal gravitation
Isaac Newton
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Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
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