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Archimedes | discovered pi defined the lever invented the screw shouted Eureka in the bath |
Charles Babbage | created the difference engine worked out the first speedometer small computer basis of modern computer |
Benjamin Banneker | made the first clock in America that kept perfect time for 20 years first science book by a black American called Bannekers Almanac worked out Locusts would come back every 12 years planned the layout of Washington DC |
Rene Descartes | discovered the y and the X axis basically created geometry |
Albert Einstein | Theories of relativity E equals M C squared |
Euclid | father of geometry because he was the first person to write down many definitions witch we use today |
Fibonacci | created Fibonaccis sequence 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 each number is the sum of the previous two |
JC Friedrich Gauss | the origin of the Motion of Heavenly bodies |
Sophie Germain | hid candles in her shoes to study math at night known for work with prime numbers |
Gottfierd Leibiniz | created the binary system foundation for virtually all modern computers |
Ada Countess of Lovelace | produced what is now regarded the first computer program in anticipated much of what is considered modern computering |
Sir Isaac Newton | most known in math for his work on calculus which is solving problems that involve motion or changing quantities |
Blaise Pascal | developed a mechanical calculator in 1642 probability based on Pascals triangle |
Pythogoras | discovered existence of irrational numbers which is the Pythagorean Theorem A squared plus B squared equals C squared the first to distinguish between prime and composite |