2. Isaac Newton
Born on January 4, 1643
Died on March 31, 1727
Known for Newtonian
Mechanics, Universal
Gravitation, Calculus, and
Newton’s Law of Motion
3. Euclid
Born in Mid-4th Century BC
Died in Mid-3rd century BC
Known for Euclidean
Geometry, Euclid’s Elements,
and Euclidean Algorithm
4. Carl Friedrich Gauss
Born on April 30, 1777
Died on February 23,
1855
Known for Gaussian
Elimination used in
Linear Algebra
6. Archimedes
Born in 287 BC
Died in 212 BC
Known for Archimedes’
Principle and
Archimedes’ Screw
7. Leonhard Euler
Born on April 15, 1707
Died on September 18, 1783
Known for Euler’s Conjectures,
Euler’s Equations, Euler’s
formulas, Euler’s functions,
Euler’s Identities, Euler’s
Numbers, Euler’s Theorems,
and Euler’s Law