Daniel Bernoulli
1700 – 1782 · aged 82
Swiss mathematician and physicist (1700-1782)
- Born
- 8 Feb 1700 · Groningen
- Died
- 17 Mar 1782 · Basel
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- 8 Feb 1700BornBorn in Groningen
- 1744RoleRector of the University of Basel
- 1756RoleRector of the University of Basel
- 17 Mar 1782DiedDied in Basel
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- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
Biography
Daniel Bernoulli (8 February [O.S. 29 January] 1700 – 27 March 1782) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family from Basel. He is particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics. His name is commemorated in Bernoulli's principle, a particular example of the conservation of energy, which describes the mathematics of the mechanism underlying the operation of two important technologies of the 20th century: the carburetor and the aeroplane wing.
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