Math Collection (#6)

Euclid (c. 325 BC-c. 265 BC), ancient Greek mathematician. Euclid taught mathematics at Alexandria, Egypt, but little more is known about his life

Scientific calculator. This electronic device can be used to carry out advanced mathematical calculations, and can also be programmed to carry out series of calculations

Torus

Sine waves. Conceptual image of overlapping sine waves on a monitor. The level of current produced by an AC (alternating current)

Multicoloured lights

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Jean-Charles de Borda, French nautical astronomer and mathematician. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Isaac Newton. Hand-colored engraving from a portrait by Vanderbank

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Blaise Pascal. Hand colored engraving of a portrait

Arithmentic lesson of young Abe Lincoln
Page from Abraham Lincolns exercise book when he was age 17. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

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Rene Descartes. Hand-colored engraving of the painting by Frans Hals

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Inca teacher giving lessons in counting using the quipu. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Christian Huygens, Dutch scientist
Christian (or Christiaan) Huygens, Dutch mathematician, physicist, horologist and astronomer, notable for his contributions to telescopes and to the nature of light

John Napier, Scottish mathematician
John Napier, 8th Laird of Merchiston, Scottish mathematician, physicist, astronomer and astrologer, inventor of logarithms

Archimedes demonstrating reflecting mirrors
Archimedes, Greek mathematician and inventor, demonstrating the use of reflecting mirrors to set fire to enemy ships

Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer and mathematician
Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer and amateur mathematician. He is known for developments leading to modern calculus, and for research into the theory of numbers

Evariste Galois, French mathematician. Sadly, he died in a duel at the age of 20

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