Rene Descartes
Rene descartes, 1596 was born in Dulan, France on March 3 1. Descartes was a great philosopher, physicist, mathematician and physiologist. The founder of analytic geometry. Descartes was one of the founders of modern European bourgeois philosophy, and Hegel called him "the father of modern philosophy". He is self-contained, integrating materialism and idealism, and has far-reaching influence in the history of philosophy. At the same time, he is a scientist who dares to explore, and his analytic geometry is of epoch-making significance in the history of mathematics. Descartes is one of the most influential masters in the field of philosophy and science in Europe in the17th century, and is known as "the ancestor of modern science".
Euclid
Euclid (Greek: ε υ κ λ ε ι δ η? , about 330 BC-275 BC, Alexandria), an ancient Greek mathematician, was called "the father of geometry". During the period of Ptolemy I Soter (323 BC-283 BC), he was active in Alexandria. His most famous book, The Elements of Geometry, is the foundation of European mathematics. It puts forward five postulates and develops Euclidean geometry. It is widely regarded as the most successful textbook in history. Euclid also wrote some works about perspective, conic curve, spherical geometry and number theory, and was the founder of geometry.
Archimedes
Archimedes (287 BC-2 BC12) was an ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician and physicist. Born in Syracuse, Sicily. Archimedes has been to Alexandria. It is said that he invented Archimedes screw pump when he lived in Alexandria. Later, Archimedes became a great scholar who was both a mathematician and a mechanic, enjoying the reputation of "the father of mechanics". There are more than 10 mathematical works handed down by Archimedes, most of which are Greek manuscripts. Archimedes once said: Give me a fulcrum and I can move the earth. This sentence tells us: we must have the courage to find this fulcrum and the courage to find the truth.
Gauss
Gauss is a German mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
When Gauss was born, he was curious about all phenomena and things and determined to get to the bottom of it. At the age of seven, Gauss went to school for the first time.
A story that is widely circulated all over the world says that when Gauss was 10, he worked out the arithmetic problem that Butner gave his students by adding all the integers from 1 to 100. Butner gave the children a difficult addition problem at that time: 81297+81495+865438+. After that, Gauss also finished the calculation, and handed in the slate and the answer together. Only his answer was correct at that time. Mathematical historians tend to think that Gauss had mastered arithmetic progression's summation method at that time. For a child as young as 10, it is unusual to discover this mathematical method independently.
Gauss's academic position has always been highly respected by people. He has the reputation of "prince of mathematics" and "king of mathematicians".
Mathematical story
One day, the Tang Priest told his disciples Wukong, Bajie and Friar Sand to go to Huaguoshan to pick peaches. Before long, the three disciples returned happily after picking peaches. The Tang Priest asked, "How many peaches did each of you pick?"
Pig said with a silly smile, "Master, let me test you. Each of us took the same amount of money. There are less than 65,438+000 peaches in my basket. If we count three peaches, there are 1 peach left in the end. You calculate, how many did each of us pick? "
Friar Sand said mysteriously, "Master, I'll test you, too. If there are four peaches in my basket, there is 1 left in the end. You calculate, how many did each of us choose? "
Wukong smiled and said, "Master, I'll test you, too. If there are five peaches in my basket, there will be 1 in the end. Do the math. How many did each of us choose?
Tang Priest quickly said the number of peaches he had picked. Do you know how many peaches they each picked?