1. Johann Bernoulli is known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus and educating Leonhard Euler in the pupil's youth.
15 Facts About Johann Bernoulli
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Johann Bernoulli's father desired that he study business so that he might take over the family spice trade, but Johann Bernoulli did not like business and convinced his father to allow him to study medicine instead.
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Johann Bernoulli began studying mathematics on the side with his older brother Jacob Bernoulli.
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At the request of his father-in-law, Johann Bernoulli began the voyage back to his home town of Basel in 1705.
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Johann Bernoulli had planned on becoming the professor of Greek at Basel University upon returning but instead was able to take over as professor of mathematics, his older brother's former position.
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Johann Bernoulli defended Leibniz by showing that he had solved certain problems with his methods that Newton had failed to solve.
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Johann Bernoulli promoted Descartes' vortex theory over Newton's theory of gravitation.
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In 1724, Johann Bernoulli entered a competition sponsored by the French Academie Royale des Sciences, which posed the question:.
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However, Johann Bernoulli's paper was accepted in 1726 when the Academie considered papers regarding elastic bodies, for which the prize was awarded to Pierre Maziere.
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Johann Bernoulli was jealous of Jacob's position and the two often attempted to outdo each other.
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Johann Bernoulli attempted to take precedence over his son by purposely and falsely predating his work six years prior to his son's.
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Johann Bernoulli presented the problem in 1696, offering a reward for its solution.
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Johann Bernoulli was hired by Guillaume de l'Hopital for tutoring in mathematics.
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L'Hopital authored the first textbook on infinitesimal calculus, Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes in 1696, which mainly consisted of the work of Johann Bernoulli, including what is known as l'Hopital's rule.
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Subsequently, in letters to Leibniz, Pierre Varignon and others, Johann Bernoulli complained that he had not received enough credit for his contributions, in spite of the preface of his book:.