3 Famous Mathematicians By: Tiffany Setters

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

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.

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

Al-Kindi

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

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

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

Simon Stevin

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

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

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

Dorothy Stone

Dorothy Stone husband and kids

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