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T HE LIFE OF L EONHARD E ULER P ROJECT N E.M.O.
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E ULER WAS BORN IN B ASEL (S WITZERLAND ). H E WAS THE SON OF P AUL E ULER, A C ALVINIST MINISTER.B ASELS WITZERLAND 1, 2, 3, …, 4x5 = 20, the number e What is this kid talking about?
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B Y THAT TIME, E ULER – ACCORDING TO HIS FATHER ’ S WILL - WAS DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF T HEOLOGY. I’ve told you a hundred times to behave as your father!
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G RAND P RIZE OF THE P ARIS A CADEMY : E ULER WAS LATER ON AWARDED THAT SAME PRIZE TWELVE TIMES.P ARIS A CADEMY I guess I’ll be awarded the first prize in the future 1st Contest 2nd Prize Leonhard Euler Academy of Sciences Paris, 2nd April 1927
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H E ARRIVES IN S T. P ETERSBURG ON 17 TH M AY 1727. Where shall I go, Saint Petersburg or Foligno? Miau, Miau HeidiMartinMargarita
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E ULER EVEN SERVED AS A MEDICAL LIEUTENANT IN THE R USSIAN NAVY AS AN EXTRA JOB FROM 1727 TO 1730. When is lunch time? 11 o’clock on the dot.
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E ULER MARRIED K ATHARINA G SELL ON 7 TH J ANUARY 1734. JUST MARRIED 7 th of January, 1734
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P OLITICAL TURMOIL IN R USSIA, CONTRIBUTED TO E ULER MOVING FROM S T. P ETERSBURG ON 19 J UNE 1741. Kiuruvesi Will the lakes be frozen?
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E ULER ' S HEALTH PROBLEMS BEGAN IN 1735 WHEN HE HAD A SEVERE FEVER AND ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE. At least, I’ve got one eye left.
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E ULER WAS DISTINGUISHED BY THE P ARIS A CADEMY. H IS PROPOSITION WAS ABOUT THE CALCULATION OF PLANETARY ORBITS AND THE MOTION OF THE MOON. We could ask him for a statistic analysis of the shopping basket.
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T HE SIGHT OF HIS ILL EYE WORSENED DURING HIS STAY IN G ERMANY TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT F REDERICK USED TO CALL HIM C YCLOPS. How are you, Mr. Cyclops? Fine, “Freddy”
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I N 1771 HIS HOME WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AND HE - WITH THE HELP OF P ETER G RIMM - WAS ABLE SAVE HIS LIFE. I’ve told you a hundred times not to shout "Lyö löylyä!" in the Sauna Now, let’s go to the lake.
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E ULER SPENT HIS LAST 17 YEARS TOTALLY BLIND. Hopefully, when I get retired my salary will be good enough to afford a short trip to Foligno or Strasburg. Wow, wow
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H E WAS, HOWEVER, ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH HIS WORK DESPITE HIS TOTAL BLINDNESS. I shall write a letter to my friends from Italy, France, Finland and Spain to ask about the Ne.M.O. project.
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H E WAS A HOME - LOVING MAN AND VERY FOND OF KIDS. I’m thinking about joining the Ne.M.O. project.
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E ULER DIED ON 18 TH S EPTEMBER 1783. R.I.P Leonhard Euler 1707-1783
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E ULER ’ S RELEVANT ACHIEVEMENTS : He defined the mathematical constant known as number e e He used the exponential function and logarithms in analytical demonstrations. For any real number φ, Euler´s formula states:φ formula
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