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Mathematicians

Often, to completely understand the importance of a mathematical theory, it's essential to know about the person who developed it. This category is where all questions about historically significant mathematicians should be asked.

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Was Copernicus persucuted by the church?

Copernicus came up with the heliocentric theory, which is the theory that the sun is the center of the universe. It is a legend that he had a massive stroke and woke up from a loss of consciousness to see his newly published book, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) in his hands. He died not long after that, in May of 1543, and it was a peaceful death, for he knew that his belief had been released into the world. Copernicus did not suffer much persecution, if any, while he was alive, but his name and reputation suffered a beating after his death until it was proven right by Galileo and his new invention, the telescope. The pope did not like Copernicus' far-fetched idea, and even John Calvin and Martin Luther thought it was foolish and spoke out against it. Basically, people back then, although they loved to learn, were not very open to new ideas. Feeling pressure, the Catholic Church placed Copernicus' book on the forbidden list and banned its teachings in about 1650. The ban wasn't released until 1822! This is an example of how you can be persecuted for new ideas, no matter how accurate they are, but still, it could change history!

What two numbers can be the perimeter and area of a rectangle?

One is 16. 4x4

Another is 18. 3x6

also 36. 12x6

There are quite a few more I am sure but I don't have the time to figure them out.

What did Fibonacci do in his life?

Fibonacci accomplished: doing paintings and also invented Fibonacci numbers. Fibonacci traveled to some Mediterranean countries, to study the most important Arab mathematicians at that time. Fibonacci ended his travels around the year 1200 and at that time he returned to Pisa. Originally in the year 1202, Fibonacci was presented with a problem of how quickly the rabbit population will grow in ideal conditions.

What is euclids element?

Euclid's Elements form one of the most beautiful and influential works of science in the history of humankind. Its beauty lies in its logical development of geometry and other branches of mathematics. It has influenced all branches of science but none so much as mathematics and the exact sciences. The Elements have been studied 24 centuries in many languages starting, of course, in the original Greek, then in Arabic, Latin, and many modern languages

What is a significant event in the life of Carl Friedrich Gauss?

On March 30, 1796, Gauss discovered that it was possible to construct a regular polygon with seventeen sides using a straightedge and compass. This was the first new construction of a regular polygon since the time of Euclid. The discovery, made when Gauss was only eighteen years old, persuaded him to make mathematics his career.

What is the number of books in Euclid's elements?

There are thirteen books in Euclid's Elements. You can read them all online at http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.html .

Was Blaise Pascal Canadian?

No, he was French. Born 1623 in the Auvergne cegion of France, died Paris 1662. He was a mathemetician, physicist and religious philosopher.

Who did Pythagoras marry and did they have kids?

Pythagoras married one of his young disciples, Theano, at age 61, and had 5 children.

Name the black mathematician who was a surveyor on the team that planned the District of Columbia?

Benjamin Banneker was the African-American mathematician who served as a surveyor on the team that planned the District of Columbia. He lived from 1731 to 1806.

Facts about blaise pascal?

Him and his brothers and sister never went to public school they were home-schooled by his father and sometimes a tutor came in and taught them

What is a mathematician?

A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. People who apply mathematics to other field, but do not contribute directly to mathematical, are generally not considered mathematician.

Was Nicolas Copernicus married?

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What was Leonardo Fibonacci's real name?

fillius bonacci

his nick name (fibonacci) is a contraction of both

What were Euclids accomplishments?

Euclid's accomplishments had to do with geometry. His greatest accomplishment was his book on geometry called Elements. In this book, he mentions conic sections, number theory and more. He is also responsible for Euclidean geometry.

Did Copernicus have a middle name?

Copernicus had a middle name it was johans after his great grandfather

What did Leonhard Euler do?

Leonhard Euler was a Swiss mathematician and scientist in the 18th century.

Why was nicolaus Copernicus important?

Nicolaus Copernicus is important because he found out that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Not the Sun and other planets revolving around Earth.

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Copernicus was important because he was the first one to come up with a theory of the planets that had the Sun at the centre. It was not really a discovery, more an alternative way of explaining what was already known about the planets.

The discovery had to wait until Kepler and Newton came up with better theories that explained exactly how the planets moved, in detail.