Thursday 10 February 2011

The 100 Greatest Mathematicians of All Time

The 100 greatest mathematicians of all time, born before 1930, and ranked in approximate order of "greatness."

To qualify, the mathematician's work must have breadth , depth , and historical importance .
     1. Isaac Newton
     2. Carl F. Gauss
     3. Archimedes
     4. Leonhard Euler
     5. Euclid
     6. Bernhard Riemann
     7. Henri PoincarĂ©
     8. David Hilbert
     9. Joseph-Louis Lagrange
     10. Gottfried W. Leibniz

See full list at http://fabpedigree.com/james/mathmen.htm

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