Leonhard Euler
1707 – 1783 · Switzerland · Mathematics
The most prolific mathematician ever; wrote much of modern notation.
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- Émilie du Châtelet
1706 – 1749 · Physics, Mathematics
Her defence of vis viva fed the energy concept Euler's mechanics formalised.
- Isaac Newton
1643 – 1727 · Physics, Mathematics
Euler recast Newtonian mechanics in the analytic language physics still uses.
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