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Blaise Pascal first described his triangle for generating the coefficients of a binomial expansion in 1665. The Chinese version, however, is centuries older. It was included as an illustration in Zhu Shijie's Siyuan yujian (1303; “Precious Mirror of Four Elements”), where it was already called the “Old Method.”
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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First paragraph modernization. Apr 25, 2024
Modified title of Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Jia Xian. Jan 23, 2017
Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Jia Xian. Dec 28, 2006
New article added. May 12, 2005
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