Bernoulli, Daniel
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born on | 29 January 1700 Jul.Cal. (8 Feb 1700 greg.) | ||||
Place | Groningen, Netherlands, 53n13, 6e34 | ||||
Timezone | LMT m6e34 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
Swiss mathematician and physicist and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He is particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics. His name is commemorated in the Bernoulli principle, a particular example of the conservation of energy, which describes the mathematics of the mechanism underlying the operation of two important technologies of the 20th century: the carburetor and the airplane wing.
He died 17 March 1782.
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Birth time unknown. Starkman rectified to 1.48.36 LMT
Categories
- Vocation : Science : Mathematics/ Statistics
- Vocation : Science : Physics
- Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Bernoulli principle)
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession