Archive for December 2013
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī

Born: 780 AD, Khwarezm
Died: 850 AD, Baghdad, Iraq
Nationality: Iranian
Books: The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing
Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (Arabic: عَبْدَالله مُحَمَّد بِن مُوسَى اَلْخْوَارِزْمِي),.
Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)

Born: July 1, 965 AD, Basra, Iraq
Died: March 6, 1040, Cairo, Egypt
Full name: Abu Ali al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham
Books: Book of Optics
Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (Arabic: ابن الهيثم, Arabic: أبو علي، الحسن بن الحسن.
Leonardo da Vinci

Born: April 15, 1452, Vinci, Italy
Died: May 2, 1519, Amboise, France
Full name: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Period: High Renaissance
Buried: Chapel of Saint-Hubert
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian.
Richard Feynman

Born: May 11, 1918, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Died: February 15, 1988, Los Angeles, California, United States
Children: Carl Feynman, Michelle Louise Feynman
Spouse: Gweneth Howarth (m. 1960–1988), Mary Louise Bell (m. 1952–1956),.
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

Born: June 26, 1824, Belfast, United Kingdom
Died: December 17, 1907, Largs, United Kingdom
Full name: William Thomson
Awards: Copley Medal, Royal Medal, John Fritz Medal, Smith's Prize for Examination Performance
Education: Peterhouse, Cambridge (1841–1845),.
Archimedes

Born: 287 BC, Syracuse, Italy
Full name: Archimedes of Syracuse
Nationality: Greek
Assassinated: 212 BC, Syracuse, Italy
Parents: Phidias
Archimedes of Syracuse (287 BC – c.212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and.
Niels Henrik David Bohr

Born: October 7, 1885, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: November 18, 1962, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality: Danish
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, Copley Medal, Max Planck Medal, More
Education: University of Copenhagen (1911), More
Children: Aage Bohr, Ernest.
Johannes Kepler

Born: December 27, 1571, Weil der Stadt, Germany
Died: November 15, 1630, Regensburg, Germany
Education: Tübinger Stift
Children: Sebald Kepler, Heinrich Kepler, Ludwig Kepler, More
Parents: Katharina Kepler, Heinrich Kepler
Johannes Kepler (December.
Max Born

Born: December 11, 1882, Wrocław, Poland
Died: January 5, 1970, Göttingen, Germany
Children: Irene Born, Gritli Born
Education: University of Göttingen, Wrocław University, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, Max Planck.
Michael Faraday

Born: September 22, 1791, Newington Butts, United Kingdom
Died: August 25, 1867, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, United Kingdom
Parents: James Faraday
Spouse: Sarah Barnard (m. 1821)
Awards: Copley Medal, Royal Medal, Rumford Medal
Michael Faraday,.