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He was born in Holy Roman Empire (Dissolved, due to Napoleon) and during his sixth year on earth, his father unfortunately died and his mother took care of him.
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He developed the infinitesimal calculus independently of Isaac Newton, is on of the most prolific inventors in the field of mechanical calculators. He also was the first to describe a pinwheel calculator in 1685 and refine the binary number system
Daniel Bernoulli
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Born into a family of mathematicians, Daniel Bernoulli grew up to want to become a mathematician. At that time, being a mathematician had poor rewards so he was in the end persuaded to learn other subjects but only at the condition his father would teach him mathematics secretly.
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He is known for his applications of mathematics to mechanics like fluid mechanics and his work in probability and statistics
Leonhard Euler
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Leonhard Euler is a swiss mathematician whom spent most of his grown up life in Russia and Prussia (which is now mostly germany)
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He is renown for his work on mechanics, optics, astronomy, fluid dynamics, many mathematical terminology and notations and finally mathematical analysis.
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