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Born November 17, 1790 • (Birthday in 4 days)
Died September 26, 1868 (aged 77) • Leipzig • Germany
Notable Works “Der barycentrische Calkul” • “Lehrbuch der Statik”
Subjects Of Study Möbius strip

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Plücker, Julius
Julius Plücker
German mathematician and physicist
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Georg Joachim Rheticus
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Galileo
Galileo
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Giordano Bruno
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Hipparchus
Greek astronomer
Henri Poincaré, 1909.
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician
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Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon
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Edmond Halley
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Christiaan Huygens
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