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University of St Andrews: Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Musa Al Khwarizmi
This University of St. Andrews site provides biographical information as well as Al-Khwarizmi's mathematical achievements.
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University of St Andrews: Colin Maclaurin
This page from the University of St. Andrews offers an excellent biography on Colin Maclaurin, a Scottish mathematician and teacher(1698-1746.) Discusses his life and his contributions to mathematics and, to an extent, astronomy.
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University of St Andrews: Johann Heinrich Lambert
This page, which is provided by the University of St Andrews, offers a short biography on Johann Heinrich Lambert, a French-German mathematician (1728-1777.) It discusses his life and his contributions to mathematics.
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University of St Andrews: Johann Heinrich Lambert
This page, which is provided by the University of St Andrews, offers a short biography on Johann Heinrich Lambert, a French-German mathematician (1728-1777.) It discusses his life and his contributions to mathematics.
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University of St Andrews: Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
A biography of Dirichlet's personal life and on his mathematical findings, mainly in calculus and number theory.
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University of St Andrews: Rafael Bombelli
Bombelli's contributions to mathematics were mainly in algebra. He was the first to figure the multiplication of negative integers.
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University of St Andrews: Adrien Marie Legendre
A biographical account of the life of Adrien-Marie Legendre with emphasis on his mathematical achievements.
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University of St Andrews: An Overview of Egyptian Math
This site presents a detailed overview of Egyptian mathematics, focusing on the arithmetical methods which they devised to work with their numerals.
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University of St Andrews: An Overview of Egyptian Math
This site presents a detailed overview of Egyptian mathematics, focusing on the arithmetical methods which they devised to work with their numerals.
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University of St Andrews: Eratosthenes
This site, which is provided for by the University of St Andrews, gives an extensive biography of Eratosthenes detailing his accomplishments in mathematics and astronomy.
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University of St Andrews: Fibonaccis Portrait
A biography of Fibonacci that discusses his life and his various mathematical contributions. Also has pictures of the Fibonacci memorial in Pisa.
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University of St Andrews: Joseph Louis Lagrange
The University of St. Andrews offers a biographical account on the life of Joseph-Louis Lagrange, including information on his mathematical accomplishments.
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University of St Andrews: Mathematics Archive: Willard Van Orman Quine
Great biography of Quine. Summarizes his works in the context of his life, with numerous quotes from Quine himself.
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University of St Andrews: Johann Bernoulli
The University of St. Andrews offers a biographical account of the life of Johann Bernoulli with an emphasis on his mathematical achievements.
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University of St Andrews: Omar Khayyam
This site from the University of St. Andrews provides a biography of Omar Khayyam which gives dates of birth and death, events which occurred during his life, and discusses his major writings and mathematical achievements.
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University of St Andrews: Euclid Father of Geometry
This site, which is provided for by the University of St Andrews , gives a biography of Euclid as well as details of his contributions to mathematics.