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Bernoulli Family
Swiss Mathematicians
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
The Bernoulli family was one of the world's most outstanding mathematical families. The members of the family who made the most significant contributions were two brothers, Jakob (1654
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1705) and Johann (1667
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1748), and Johann's son, Daniel (1700
–
1782).
Family History
Jakob and Johann were among the ten children of a spice merchant from Basel, Switzerland. Jakob was forced by his father to study theology but refused a church appointment when he completed his doctorate. Instead, he accepted a mathematics position at the University of Basel in 1687, a position he held for the remainder ...
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