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(g nz´b rg) (KEY) , 1831–1914, English Hebrew scholar, b. Warsaw. He was converted to Christianity in 1846 and settled in England. He translated (1...
1638–75, Scottish mathematician. He invented a reflecting telescope (1661), which he described in his Optica promota (1663). In 1668 he became profe...
(sôf ´ zh rm N´) (KEY) , 1776–1831, French mathematician. Although self-taught, she mastered mathematics and corresponded with J. L. Lagrange and...
( 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...
(both: h n´r kh gr ts) (KEY) , 1817–91, German Jewish historian. He was the first modern historian to write, from a Jewish perspective, a comprehen...
(g s´ r) (KEY) , 1888–1963, American physiologist, b. Platteville, Wis., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin (B.A., 1910; M.A., 1911), M.D. Johns Hopkins, 191...