Daniel Bernoulli

Daniel Bernoulli (born Feb. 8 [Jan. 29, Old Style], 1700, Groningen, Neth.—died March 17, 1782, Basel, Switz.) was the most distinguished of the second generation of the Bernoulli family of Swiss mathematicians. He investigated not only mathematics but also such fields as medicine, biology, physiology, mechanics, physics, astronomy, and oceanography. Bernoulli’s theorem (q.v.), which he derived, is named after him. Daniel Bernoulli was the second son of Johann Bernoulli, who first taught him mathematics. After...