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单词 Bernoulli, Daniel (1700–82)
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Bernoulli, Daniel (1700–82)

Physics
  • In 1724 he published a work on differential equations, which earned him a professorship at St Petersburg. He returned to Basel, Switzerland, in 1733 and began researches on hydrodynamics (see Bernoulli theorem), the work for which he is best known. He also initiated the kinetic theory of matter.


Statistics
  • Daniel Bernoulli is best known to statisticians for his solution of the St Petersburg paradox posed by his cousin Nicolaus Bernoulli. Daniel, a famous prodigy, was the son of Johann Bernoulli and the nephew of Jacob Bernoulli, both being Professors of Mathematics. He gained a succession of degrees from U Basel whilst still a teenager: BA in philosophy and logic in 1715, MA in 1716, Doctor of Medicine in 1720. In 1724, whilst practising medicine in Venice, he applied mathematics to the design of an hour-glass for use at sea. This won him a prize and a post as Professor of Mathematics at St Petersburg U, where he worked on a number of probability problems. He returned to U Basel in 1734, initially as Professor of Botany, then as Professor of Physiology and finally, in 1750, as Professor of Physics.

    http://www.mathematik.ch/mathematiker/daniel_bernoulli.php Fuller biography and portrait.


Chemical Engineering
  • A Swiss mathematician and physicist noted for his work on fluids. He was one of eleven eminent mathematicians in his family spanning four generations. Born in Groningen in the Netherlands, he was educated at Basel, Switzerland, where his father had been appointed professor of mathematics following the death of Bernoulli’s uncle who had previously held the post. Bernoulli gained his master’s degree at the age of 16 and his doctorate at 21. He held the position of professor of mathematics at St Petersburg Academy in Russia from the age of 25, but returned to Basel in 1732 to become professor of anatomy and botany at the University of Basel before becoming professor of natural philosophy in 1750. His important work on hydrodynamics demonstrated that pressure in a fluid decreases as the velocity of fluid flow increases, which he published in his book Hydrodynamica in 1738. He also made a first statement on the kinetic theory of gases.


Geology and Earth Sciences
  • A Swiss mathematician (one of eleven eminent mathematicians his family produced over four generations), whose most important work was in the field of hydrodynamics. In his book Hydrodynamica (1738), he showed that the pressure within a flowing fluid depends inversely on its velocity (the greater the velocity, the lower the pressure). This is now known as Bernoulli’s principle (see bernoulli equation). Bernoulli was born at Groningen, the Netherlands, and educated at Basel, Switzerland, where his father had been appointed professor of mathematics on the death of his brother (Daniel’s uncle) who held the post previously. Daniel obtained his master’s degree at the age of 16 and his doctorate, on the action of the lungs, at 21. In 1725 he was appointed professor of mathematics at St Petersburg Academy, Russia, but left Russia in 1732. In 1733 he became professor of anatomy and botany at the University of Basel; in 1750 he became professor of natural philosophy, a post he held until his retirement in 1777. He died in Basel.


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