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A paper which looks at the life and works of the mathematician Leonhard Euler, and his contribution to the different fields of science, technology and mathematics in Europe in the eighteenth century. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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major influence on the development of mathematics which is still in evidence today. He was born in Switzerland in 1707, and demonstrated early in his life that he was a
mathematical prodigy: as Patterson (2003) points out, he had a private tutor in the subject at the age of seven, and by his early teens was attending university lectures. His
family encouraged him in his academic aspirations and he gained his masters degree at the age of sixteen. Although he acquiesced in his fathers wishes by studying theology, his main
interest remained in mathematics - even whilst a member of the faculty of theology at Basle, he continued with his mathematical and scientific projects, and it was clear than he
found these far more fulfilling that his studies in theological matters. When he was unsuccessful
in securing a professorship at his home university of Basle, he went instead to Russia where the new Petersburg Academy of Scientists was gathering scientists from all over the world,
Russia having few native specialists in science and maths. According to OConnor and Robertson (2003) he served in the Russian navy for three years during this period, with the rank
of lieutenant, but gave up his military commitments when he became professor of physics in 1730: since this mean that he was a full-time member of the faculty, he was
no longer obliged to maintain his post in the Navy. Three years later he was appointed to the senior chair in mathematics, after the previous holder, Eulers friend and colleague
Bernoulli, left Russia to return to Basle. As OConnor and Robertson note, this gave Euler sufficient financial
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