Lazare Carnot, French politician, engineer, and mathematician, 1898. Artist: Gilbert
Lazare Carnot, French politician, engineer, and mathematician, 1898. A print from Les Francais Illustres, by Gustave Demoulin, Hachette, Paris, 1898
Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, scientist, astronomer, and mathematician, 17th century. Artist: Claude Mellan
Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, scientist, astronomer, and mathematician, 17th century. Appointed professor of mathematics at the College Royal, Paris, in 1645