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Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1782)

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Daniel Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician and physicist (1700–1782)

Daniel Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and physicist and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family from Basel. He is particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work…
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February 8

Day of the year

February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 326 days remain until the end of the year.
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