Maria Gaetana Agnesi (UK: / æ n ˈ j eɪ z i / an-YAY-zee, US: / ɑː n ˈ-/ ahn-, Italian: [maˈriːa ɡaeˈtaːna aɲˈɲeːzi, -ɲɛːz-]; 16 May 1718 – 9 January 1799) was an Italian mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian.She was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook and the first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university.

En 1748 se publica en Milán la obra más famosa de Agnesi, Instituzioni analítiche ad uso della gioventú italiana, cuya edición ha de costear y realizar ella misma.Sorprendentemente, la imprenta está en la mansión de los Agnesi, y María Gaetana misma dirige los trabajos. El primer tomo está dedicado a las magnitudes finitas, en tanto que el segundo se ocupa del análisis de ...

Babbage was one of four children of Benjamin Babbage and Betsy Plumleigh Teape. His father was a banking partner of William Praed in founding Praed's & Co. of Fleet Street, London, in 1801. In 1808, the Babbage family moved into the old Rowdens house in East Teignmouth.Around the age of eight, Babbage was sent to a country school in Alphington near Exeter to recover from a …

Um polímata (do grego πολυμαθής, transl. polymathēs, lit. "aquele que aprendeu muito") [1] é uma pessoa cujo conhecimento não está restrito a uma única área. Em termos menos formais, um polímata pode referir-se simplesmente a alguém que detém um grande conhecimento em diversos assuntos. Muitos dos cientistas antigos foram polímatas de acordo com os padrões …

Yves Marie-Joseph Congar OP (French pronunciation: [iv maʁi ʒɔzɛf kɔ̃ɡaʁ]; 13 April 1904 – 22 June 1995) was a French Dominican friar, priest, and theologian.He is perhaps best known for his influence at the Second Vatican Council and for reviving theological interest in the Holy Spirit for the life of individuals and of the church.

Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (31 January 1673 – 28 April 1716) was a French Roman Catholic priest and confessor.He was known in his time as a preacher and was made a missionary apostolic by Pope Clement XI.. As well as preaching, Montfort found time to write a number of books which went on to become classic Catholic titles and influenced several popes.

Early life. Born in Polizzi Generosa, Sicily, Rampolla was the son of Ignazio Rampolla, Count of Tindaro, and of his wife, Orsola Errante.. Rampolla entered the Vatican Seminary in 1856, and in 1861 continued his education at the Collegio Capranica and the Pontifical Gregorian University.Having displayed a considerable knowledge in Oriental affairs, he was sent to the …

Peter Abelard; Albertus Magnus; Anselm of Canterbury; Roger Bacon; Bede; Bernard of Clairvaux; Berengar of Tours; Bonaventure; Catherine of Siena; Duns Scotus; John Scotus Eriugena

Robert Bellarmine, SJ (Italian: Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino; 4 October 1542 – 17 September 1621) was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 37.He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation.. Bellarmine was a professor of theology and later rector of …

The ancient period introduced some of the ideas that led to integral calculus, but does not seem to have developed these ideas in a rigorous and systematic way. Calculations of volumes and areas, one goal of integral calculus, can be found in the Egyptian Moscow papyrus (c. 1820 BC), but the formulas are only given for concrete numbers, some are only approximately true, and they are …