Biography Category
(zhäN zhäk b rlämäk ´) (KEY) , 1694–1748, Swiss jurist. His chief works are Principes du droit naturel [principles of natural law] (1747) and P...
( vär st´ gälwä´) (KEY) , 1811–32, French mathematician. At the age of 17 he had evolved original concepts on the theory of algebra. He made im...
(s ´môn st v n´) (KEY) , 1548–1620, Dutch engineer and mathematician. His experiments in hydrostatics showed that the pressure exerted by a liqui...
(hûrsh) (KEY) , 1851–1923, American rabbi, b. Luxembourg. He was rabbi in Baltimore, Md., and Louisville, Ky., but is best known for his work as ra...
(sôf ´ zh rm N´) (KEY) , 1776–1831, French mathematician. Although self-taught, she mastered mathematics and corresponded with J. L. Lagrange and...
1790–1859, English jurist. He served (1826–32) as professor of jurisprudence at the Univ. of London, and his lectures were published (with additio...