Mathematician

Immigration to Amsterdam Today in the 17th century, Amsterdam is the economic and social capital of the world. People immigrate to the Netherlands to seek jobs with better conditions. Therefore, the urban population increases as well as the working class is getting larger. Different culture, religion, skills, ideas, goods and people all come together in the Netherlands. During the 15th century, Antwerp was the social and economic center of the Spanish Netherlands. But when Antwerp was taken…

Johannes Kepler(12/27/1571 - 11/15/1630) was a German Astronomer, Mathematician, and Astrologer who lived in Weil der Stadt, Württemberg until he was an adult. While Kepler was a child he showed a very evident talent for mathematics. He was given a scholarship to the University of Tübingen to study for the Lutheran ministry. Kepler then became a mathematics teacher at a seminary school in Graz, Austria. But Kepler was soon forced from his position due to a counter reformation and he became the…

While I found the movie “Hidden Figures” very entertaining and informative I couldn’t help but find this movie had a couple of misconceptions that didn’t look right. One example being the segregation within NASA. I found it was rather comical in the movie as NASA purposely crippled themselves by trying to keep many bright African-Americans minds that showed nothing but promise anyway from the project. It seemed rather foolish to do this especially during space race with the Soviet Union as…

Sir Isaac Newton and Archimedes of Syracuse are both very notable physicians and mathematicians. Each had his own achievements and theories; yet, they both made groundbreaking laws and had compelling ideologies. This essay will briefly discuss the lives and achievements of both Newton and Archimedes. We will also compare and contrast the works of both men. On the 25th day of December in the year of our Lord, 1642, Isaac Newton was born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom of Great…

The Western Intellectual Tradition by J. Bronowski and Bruce Mazlish examines different European/American historical periods from the year 1500 to 1900. It focuses on the great thinkers and philosophers from those times, as well as certain historical periods that are considered significant. This essay focuses on chapters 2, 10, 15, 21, and 23. They are about the city-states of Italy, the Royal society, Montesquieu, Thomas Jefferson and the American Revolution, and Edmund Burke respectively.…

completely from it. At six, he suffered from (suffering from muscle and joint pain) fever. Although he recovered from this too, he became convinced that his heart had been damaged permanently. Kurt Friedrich Gödel was an Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher, born in the Austro-Hungarian city of Brno. He was a bright and inquisitive child, who had interest in various subjects. Although he entered the University of Vienna with physics, he continued attending mathematics and…

Origination and Initiation of the Manhattan Project The development of atomic bomb in the United States started in 1939 when a small number of physicists were alarmed over the possibility of Germany successfully developing an atomic bomb and warned President Roosevelt. Einstein and Szilard wrote a letter on their proposal about atomic bombs and was delivered to the President's aide, General Edwin Watson, by Alexander Sachs, an economist and writer who had a friendly relationship with Roosevelt.…

metaphysics, ontology, and philosophy. Stay here and read the paper to find out how close humanity has been to finding the answer to the beginning of life. As far back as records show, Aristotle, a Greek philosopher and a scientist was the very first mathematician. Although he did not consider his work as metaphysics like modern society does, others did. Aristotle said, “all men suppose what is called wisdom to deal with the first causes and principles of things” and this is what leads to his…

Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes was born and raised in Washington D.C. Unfortunately, since Euphema was African-American and female, she faced many setbacks and problems through her life like racism, and sexism. Being born during this time period and in Washington D.C, Euphemia was inspired and motivated to follow the career she wanted and to get an education. Despite being discriminated against, Euphemia was encouraged to stand out in the world as an intelligent, wise, and strong woman. Although…

perceived scientific theories of how the motion of Earth was described, and the math concepts previously known as fluxions and infinitesimal calculus became a major branch in the today’s math curriculum. Isaac Newton is known as one of the greatest mathematicians of the 17th century Scientific Revolution for his contribution to modern physics by writing one of the major journal entries for science today, Principia. Isaac was a peculiar person being that he was a sore thumb among his colleagues.…