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( rnst h n´r kh v ´b r) (KEY) , 1795–1878, German physiologist. He was a professor at the Univ. of Leipzig (1821–71) and is known for his work o...
(zh rär´ d zärg´) (KEY) , 1591–1661, French mathematician and engineer, a founder of modern geometry. He discovered the theorems on involutions ...
1809–80, American mathematician and astronomer, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1829. From 1833 he was a professor at Harvard; he helped establish t...
( b´´ n äl ärä´b ) (KEY) , 1165–1240, a Muslim Sufi mystic b. in Murcia, Spain. As a child in Seville, Ibn al-Arabi had a formative religious ...
(h r´män m nkôf´sk ) (KEY) , 1864–1909, Russian mathematician. He was educated in Germany and was professor at the Univ. of Königsberg (1894–...
(Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann) (g ´ôrk fr ´dr kh b rn´härt r ´män) (KEY) , 1826–66, German mathematician. He studied at the universities ...