Famous Scientists 77-87

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Mary Anning was an English paleontologist known for her discovery of the first plesiosaur and several ichthyosaur skeletons.

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Who was Mary Anning?

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Amedeo Avogadro was an Italian scientist known as one of the founders of physical chemistry, best known for his work with gases.

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What is Amedeo Avogadro known for?

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Brahmagupta was the first mathematician to provide the formula for the area of a cyclic quadrilateral and discussed finding a cyclic quadrilateral with rational sides.

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What did Brahmagupta contribute to mathematics?

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Daniel Bernoulli is known for his work on the basic properties of fluid flow, pressure, density, and velocity, and for the Bernoulli principle.

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John Dalton is best known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry and his work on human optics.

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René Descartes invented analytic geometry and devised a universal method of deductive reasoning based on mathematics.

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Leonhard Euler invented the calculus of variations, including the Euler–Lagrange equation, and pioneered analytic number theory.

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Enrico Fermi designed and built the first nuclear reactor and led the experiment that demonstrated the first self-sustained chain reaction.

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Carl Friedrich Gauss published works on number theory, map construction, and invented the magnetometer for measuring Earth's magnetic field.

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Robert Hooke is known for discovering the law of elasticity (Hooke's law), using the word 'cell' to describe basic units of organisms, and studying microscopic fossils.

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