Literary Library
William James Sidis
by Angela Beck
April 1, 1898 - July 17, 1944American mathematician, linguist, historian, teacher and authorAuthor of "Passaconaway in the White Mountains" (writt...
Sophie Germain
by Angela Beck
April 1, 1776 - June 27, 1831French mathematician, physicist and philosopherAuthor of "Recherches sur la theories des surfaces plastiques" (which w...
Georg Stiernhielm
by Angela Beck
August 7, 1598 - April 22, 1672Swedish civil servant, linguist, mathematician and poetAuthor of "Hercules" and "Musae Suethizantes" #literarycalen...
Vaclav E. Benes
by Angela Beck
January 1, 1931 - Czech-American mathematician and writerAuthor of "General Stochastic Processes in the Theory of Queues" and "Mathematical Theory ...
Grace Hopper
by Angela Beck
December 9, 1906 - January 1, 1992American computer scientist and U. S. Navy Rear AdmiralAuthor of "Understanding Computers" and "Instructor's Man...
Thomas Carlyle
by Angela Beck
December 4, 1795 - February 5, 1881Scottish historian, philosopher, mathematician, essayist and satiristAuthor of "Sartor Resartus", "The French R...
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte du Buffon
by Angela Beck
September 7, 1707 - April 16, 1788French naturalist, mathematician and cosmologistPublished the 36 volume edition of "Histoire Naturelle"
Became t...
Barbara McMartin
by Angela Beck
November 18, 1931 - September 27, 2005American mathematician, environmentalist and authorAuthor of 25 books on the Adirondack Mountains including "...