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Also Known As Jules Henri Poincaré
Born April 29, 1854 • Nancy • France
Died July 17, 1912 (aged 58) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Analysis Situs”
Subjects Of Study n-body problem • relativity

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Henri Poincaré, 1909.
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Arthur Stanley Eddington.
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Lagrange, Joseph-Louis, comte de l'Empire
Joseph-Louis Lagrange, comte de l’Empire
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French mathematician
Joseph Fourier
Joseph Fourier
French mathematician
Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam
American philosopher
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
British logician and philosopher
Werner Karl Heisenberg sits at a desk in a suit with his hands folded, bookshelves in the background.
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German physicist and philosopher
Gottlob Frege
Gottlob Frege
German mathematician and philosopher
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon
English philosopher and educational reformer
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Bernhard Riemann, lithograph after a portrait, artist unknown, 1863.
Bernhard Riemann
German mathematician
William Clifford, portrait replica by John Collier; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
William Kingdon Clifford
British mathematician and philosopher
Kronecker, 1865
Leopold Kronecker
German mathematician
French philosopher Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French philosopher and scientist
Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte
French philosopher
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Marin Mersenne
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Augustin-Louis Cauchy
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