Mathematician:Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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Mathematician
French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopédiste.
Translated Isaac Newton's works on calculus into French.
His claim to fame in the world of mathematics stems from his thought experiment Buffon's Needle.
Nationality
French
History
- Born: 7 September 1707 in Montbard, Côte d'Or, France
- Died: 16 April 1788 in Paris, France
Theorems and Definitions
Results named for Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon can be found here.
Publications
- 1749 -- 1788: Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière (36 volumes)
- 1789: Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière: Volume 37 (compiled posthumously from his notes)
Also known as
Usually referred to as Comte (or Count) (Georges) de Buffon.
Sources
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): A List of Mathematicians in Chronological Sequence
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $3 \cdotp 14159 \, 26535 \, 89793 \, 23846 \, 26433 \, 83279 \, 50288 \, 41972 \ldots$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): A List of Mathematicians in Chronological Sequence
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $3 \cdotp 14159 \, 26535 \, 89793 \, 23846 \, 26433 \, 83279 \, 50288 \, 41971 \ldots$
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de (1707-88)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de (1707-88)
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Buffon's needle