Daniel Bernoulli
Daniel Bernoulli | |
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Portrait of Daniel Bernoulli, c. 1720-1725 | |
| Born | 8 February 1700 Groningen, Dutch Republic |
| Died | 27 March 1782 (aged 82) Basel, Republic of the Swiss |
| Education | University of Basel (M.D., 1721) Heidelberg University University of Strasbourg |
| Known for | Bernoulli's principle Euler–Bernoulli beam theory Early kinetic theory of gases Gamma function St. Petersburg paradox Superposition principle Thermodynamics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, physics, medicine |
| Thesis | Dissertatio physico-medica de respiratione (Dissertation on the medical physics of respiration) (1721) |
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Daniel Bernoulli (8 February [O.S. 29 January] 1700 – 27 March 1782) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family from Basel. He is particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics. His name is commemorated in Bernoulli's principle, a particular example of the conservation of energy, which describes the mathematics of the mechanism underlying the operation of two important technologies of the 20th century: the carburetor and the aeroplane wing.