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3 Famous Mathematicians

By: Tiffany Setters. 3 Famous Mathematicians. Al-Kindi. He was born in 803 and died in 873 He lived in Iraq. Al-Kindi. He was called Alkindus in the West

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3 Famous Mathematicians

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  1. By: Tiffany Setters 3 Famous Mathematicians

  2. Al-Kindi • He was born in 803 and died in 873 • He lived in Iraq

  3. Al-Kindi • He was called Alkindus in the West • He cannot be considered among the greatest of mathematicians, but was one of the most influential general scientists between Aristotle and Da Vinci.

  4. Al-Kindi • He wrote on diverse subjects, physics, astronomy, music, psychology, medicine, chemistry, and more. • He invented pharmaceutical methods and perfumes.

  5. Al-Kindi

  6. Simon Stevin • He was born in 1549 and died in 1620 • He lived in Flanders, Holland

  7. Simon Stevin • He was one of the greatest practical scientists of the Late Middle Ages. • He worked with Holland's dykes and windmills and was a military engineer

  8. Simon Stevin • He introduced decimal fractions to Europe and suggested a decimal metric system which was adopted 200 years later • He is best known for the notion of real numbers

  9. Simon Stevin

  10. Dorothy Stone • She was born in 1917 • She lived in Parkersburg, West Virginia

  11. Dorothy Stone • Through her research and other activities, she earned a worldwide reputation as a truly outstanding mathematician. • She made important contributions to measure theory

  12. Dorothy Stone • Her husband, Arthur Harold Stone was a British Mathematician • Later on, her son and daughter became mathematicians also.

  13. Dorothy Stone

  14. Dorothy Stone husband and kids

  15. Sources • Google • Google Images • Fabpedigree.com

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