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Pure and applied mathematics, statistics, logic and the origins of computing.
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Johannes Kepler
1571 – 1630Three laws of planetary motion; every satellite orbit obeys them.
Germany·Astronomy · Mathematics
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
1646 – 1716Calculus notation we still use, and binary arithmetic.
Germany·Mathematics · Philosophy · Computing
Carl Friedrich Gauss
1777 – 1855The Prince of Mathematicians; number theory, geodesy, magnetism.
Germany·Mathematics · Astronomy · Physics
Emmy Noether
1882 – 1935Noether's theorem links symmetry to conservation laws — the backbone of modern physics.
Germany·Mathematics · Physics
Konrad Zuse
1910 – 1995Built the first programmable digital computer, the Z3, in 1941.
Germany·Computing · Engineering