domingo, 15 de febrero de 2015

Matemático de la quincena - Galileo.


Galileo Galilei
was born 451 years ago
15th February 1564
Galileo Galilei formulated the basic law of falling bodies, which he verified by careful measurements. He constructed a telescope with which he studied lunar craters, and discovered four moons revolving around Jupiter.
Find out more at:
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Galileo.html


jueves, 12 de febrero de 2015

Matemático de la quincena - Descartes.


René Descartes
died 365 years ago
11th February 1650
René Descartes was a philosopher whose work, La géométrie, includes his application of algebra to geometry from which we now have Cartesian geometry. 



En este capítulo de la serie de la BBC, Historia de la Matemática, empiezan con Descartes y siguen con Leibnitz y Newton.