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Person: Bernoulli (7), Johann

Johann(III) Bernoulli wrote a number of works on astronomy and probability theory.

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• Johann (III) Bernoulli wrote a number of works on astronomy, reporting on astronomical observations and calculations, but these are of little importance.
• At that time when these treasures were examined, 2800 letters written by Johann (III) Bernoulli himself were found in the collection.

Born 4 November 1744, Basel, Switzerland. Died 13 July 1807, Berlin, Germany.

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Astronomy, Origin Switzerland

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1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive