Bernoulli
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family from Basel known for its mathematicians in the 17th/18th century
Key facts
- Current region
- Basel , Switzerland
- Place of origin
- Antwerp , Belgium
- Members
- Jacob Bernoulli Johann Bernoulli Nicolaus I Bernoulli Nicolaus II Bernoulli Daniel Bernoulli Johann II Bernoulli Johann III Bernoulli Jacob II Bernoulli
- Connected families
- Curie family
- Distinctions
- astronomy geography mathematics natural sciences physics
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Bernoulli family (/bɜːrˈnuːli/ bur-NOO-lee; German: [bɛʁˈnʊli]; Swiss Standard German: [bɛrˈnʊli]) of Basel was a patrician family, notable for having produced eight mathematically gifted academics who, among them, contributed substantially to the development of mathematics and physics during the early modern period.
History
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