Mathematician:Willard
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Willard may refer to:
Josiah Willard Gibbs $($$\text {1839}$ – $\text {1903}$$)$
American scientist who made important theoretical contributions to physics, chemistry, and mathematics.
Also well-known for his work in statistical mechanics.
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Willard Van Orman Quine $($$\text {1908}$ – $\text {2000}$$)$
Legendary American philosopher and logician, known by his friends as Van.
Proposed three systems of axiomatic set theory.
The word quine was coined by Douglas R. Hofstadter in his classic 1979 work Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, in which what is now known as Quine's Paradox was discussed at length.
The word quine is now used for a computer program whose output is itself.
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Willard Frank Libby $($$\text {1908}$ – $\text {1980}$$)$
American physical chemist noted for his role in the $1949$ development of radiometric dating.
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John Willard Milnor $($$\text {b. 1931}$$)$
American mathematician best known for his work in differential topology.
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Stephen Willard
Author of:
- 1970: General Topology