squaring the circle
111Cultural and political image of John McCain — John McCain s personal character has dominated the image and perception of him.[1] His family s military heritage, his rebellious nature as a youth, his endurance over his treatment as a prisoner of war, his resulting physical limitations, his… …
112Nicholas of Cusa — Cusanus redirects here. For the lunar crater, see Cusanus (crater). Nicholas of Cusa Nicholas of Cusa, by Master of the Life of the Virgin Full name Nicholas of Cusa Other names Nicolaus Chrypffs , Nicholas of Kues …
113Conon of Samos — (ca. 280 BC – ca. 220 BC) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician. He is primarily remembered for naming the constellation Coma Berenices. Contents 1 Life and work 2 See also 3 Citations and footnotes …
114Adam Adamandy Kochański — (5 August 1631 – 17 May 1700) was a Polish mathematician.Kochański was born in Dobrzyń nad Wisłą. He began his education in Toruń, and in 1652 he entered the Society of Jesus in Vilnius. He studied philosophy at Vilnius University (then called… …
115Pi — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pi (homonymie). Si le diamètre du cercle est 1, sa circonférence est π. Pi[1 …
116Lindemann, Ferdinand von — ▪ German mathematician born April 12, 1852, Hannover, Hanover [Germany] died March 1, 1939, Munich, Germany German mathematician who is mainly remembered for having proved that the number π (pi) is transcendental i.e., it does not satisfy… …
117Lindemann , Carl Louis Ferdinand von — (1875–1939) German mathematician Born at Hannover in Germany, Lindemann is principally known for solving one particular mathematical problem, namely the question of whether or not the number π is transcendental. In his paper Über die Zahl π… …
118Anaxagoras — (Greek: Unicode|Ἀναξαγόρας, c. 500 BC ndash; 428 BC) was a Pre Socratic Greek philosopher famous for introducing the cosmological concept of Nous (mind), the ordering force.BiographyAnaxagoras appears to have had some amount of property and… …
119Democritus — Full name Democritus Born ca. 460 BC Abdera, Thrace Died ca. 370 BC (Aged 90) Era …
120Diophantus — For the general, see Diophantus (general). Title page of the 1621 edition of Diophantus Arithmetica, translated into Latin by Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac. Diophantus of Alexandria (Greek: Διόφαντος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς XD. b. between 200 and 214… …
