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Al-Khwārizmī
c. 780-c. 850 · Persia / Abbasid Caliphate (active in Baghdad)
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī was a Persian scholar born around 780, probably in Khwarezm, a region in what is now Uzbekistan. His family name, al-Khwārizmī,…
Scientific thinking Problem solving Critical thinking Research skills +1
"That fondness for science, by which God has distinguished the Imām al-Ma'mūn... has encouraged me to compose a short work…"
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Alan Turing
1912-1954 · United Kingdom
Alan Turing was an English mathematician, codebreaker, and founder of modern computer science. He was born in London on 23 June 1912. His father worked…
Critical thinking Problem solving Scientific thinking Creative expression +1
"We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done."
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Emmy Noether
1882-1935 · Germany (later United States)
Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who changed how we understand algebra and physics. She was born in 1882 in Erlangen, Germany. Her father was…
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"My methods are really methods of working and thinking; this is why they have crept in everywhere anonymously."
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Isaac Newton
1643-1727 · England, United Kingdom
Isaac Newton (1643-1727) was an English mathematician, physicist, and natural philosopher. He was born prematurely in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, and his father died before he was…
Scientific thinking Research skills Numeracy and mathematical thinking Critical thinking +1
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
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Srinivasa Ramanujan
1887-1920 · India (British Raj)
Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician born in 1887 in Erode, a small town in Tamil Nadu. His family was poor but educated. His father…
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"An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God."
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W. Edwards Deming
1900-1993 · United States
William Edwards Deming (1900-1993) was an American statistician and management consultant whose work on quality control and systematic thinking about production reshaped manufacturing in Japan…
Scientific thinking Critical thinking Research skills Ethical thinking +1
"In God we trust; all others must bring data."
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