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Émilie du Châtelet
1706 – 1749Translated Newton into French and established kinetic energy as mv².
France·Physics · Mathematics
Leonhard Euler
1707 – 1783The most prolific mathematician ever; wrote much of modern notation.
Switzerland·Mathematics
Carl Friedrich Gauss
1777 – 1855The Prince of Mathematicians; number theory, geodesy, magnetism.
Germany·Mathematics · Astronomy · Physics