Johann Bernoulli
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 Johann Bernoulli |
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| Born | July 27, 1667 Basel, Switzerland |
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| Died | January 1, 1748 Basel, Switzerland |
| Residence |  Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Field | Mathematician |
| Institution | University of Basel |
| Alma mater | University of Basel |
| Academic advisor | Jacob Bernoulli |
| Notable students | Leonhard Euler |
| Known for | Development of calculus Catenary solution |
| Religion | Calvinist |
| Brother of Jakob Bernoulli, and the father of Daniel Bernoulli. | |
Johann Bernoulli (Basel, July 27, 1667 - January 1, 1748) was a Swiss mathematician. He was the brother of Jakob Bernoulli, and the father of Daniel Bernoulli (for whom the Bernoulli's principle was named) and Nicolaus II Bernoulli. He is also known as Jean or John Bernoulli. He educated the great mathematician Leonhard Euler in his youth.
Bernoulli was known for being extremely jealous. Because of jealously towards his son Daniel, Johann took all of the ideas of his son's book Hydrodynamica and made his own book, all the while predating it to receive the credit.
Bernoulli was hired by Guillaume François Antoine de l'Hôpital to tutor him in mathematics. Bernoulli and L'Hôpital signed a contract which gave l'Hôpital the right to use Bernoulli’s discoveries as he pleased. l'Hôpital authored the first textbook on calculus, most of which was work done by Bernoulli, including but not limited to the solution to 0/0 and ∞/∞ limits (L'Hôpital's rule).[1][2][3]
Bernoulli proposed a fluid energy perpetual motion machine.
See also sophomore's dream.
[edit] References
- ^ The Story of a Number, by Eli Maor, Princeton University Press, Princeton, (1998) p. 116, ISBN 0-691-05854-7
- ^ The Mathematics of Great Armatures, by Julian Lowell Coolidge, Dover, New York, (1963), pp. 154-163
- ^ A Source Book in Mathematics, 1200-1800, ed. D. J. Struck, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, (1969), pp.312-316
[edit] External links
- Entry at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Johann Bernoulli". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
- Golba, Paul, "Bernoulli, Johan'"
- "Johann Bernoulli"
- Eric W. Weisstein, Bernoulli, Johann (1667-1748) at ScienceWorld.
- C. Truesdell The New Bernoulli Edition Isis, Vol. 49, No. 1. (Mar., 1958), pp. 54-62, discusses the strange agreement between Bernoulli and de l'Hôpital on pages 59-62.
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| NAME | Bernoulli, Johann |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1667 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel, Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1748 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Basel, Switzerland |
