Daniel Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and physicist and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. source
Daniel Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and physicist and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family.
Daniel Bernoulli is particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics. source
Daniel Bernoulli is particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics.
His name is commemorated in the Daniel Bernoulli's principle, a particular example of the conservation of energy, which describes the mathematics of the mechanism underlying the operation of two important technologies of the 20th century. source
His name is commemorated in the Daniel Bernoulli's principle, a particular example of the conservation of energy, which describes the mathematics of the mechanism underlying the operation of two important technologies of the 20th century.
Daniel Bernoulli was born in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands on February 8, 1700. source
Daniel Bernoulli was born in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands on February 8, 1700.
The Daniel Bernoulli family came originally from Antwerp, at that time in the Spanish Netherlands, but emigrated to escape the Spanish persecution of the Huguenots. source
The Daniel Bernoulli family came originally from Antwerp, at that time in the Spanish Netherlands, but emigrated to escape the Spanish persecution of the Huguenots.
Daniel Bernoulli was the son of Johann Bernoulli (one of the "early developers" of calculus), nephew of Jacob Bernoulli (who "was the first to discover the theory of probability"). source
Daniel Bernoulli was the son of Johann Bernoulli (one of the "early developers" of calculus), nephew of Jacob Bernoulli (who "was the first to discover the theory of probability").
Daniel Bernoulli was described by W. W. Rouse Ball as "by far the ablest of the younger Bernoullis". He is said to have had a bad relationship with his father. source
Daniel Bernoulli was described by W. W. Rouse Ball as "by far the ablest of the younger Bernoullis". He is said to have had a bad relationship with his father.
Johann Bernoulli also plagiarized some key ideas from Daniel Bernoulli's book Hydrodynamica in his own book Hydraulica which he backdated to before Hydrodynamica. source
Johann Bernoulli also plagiarized some key ideas from Daniel Bernoulli's book Hydrodynamica in his own book Hydraulica which he backdated to before Hydrodynamica.
Despite Daniel Bernoulli's attempts at reconciliation, his father carried the grudge until his death. source
Despite Daniel Bernoulli's attempts at reconciliation, his father carried the grudge until his death.
However, Daniel Bernoulli refused, because he wanted to study mathematics. He later gave in to his father's wish and studied business. source
However, Daniel Bernoulli refused, because he wanted to study mathematics. He later gave in to his father's wish and studied business.
His father then asked him to study in medicine, and Daniel Bernoulli agreed under the condition that his father would teach him mathematics privately, which they continued for some time. source
His father then asked him to study in medicine, and Daniel Bernoulli agreed under the condition that his father would teach him mathematics privately, which they continued for some time.
Daniel Bernoulli studied medicine at Basel, Heidelberg, and Strasbourg, and earned a PhD in anatomy and botany in 1721. source
Daniel Bernoulli studied medicine at Basel, Heidelberg, and Strasbourg, and earned a PhD in anatomy and botany in 1721.
Daniel Bernoulli went to St. Petersburg in 1724 as professor of mathematics, but was very unhappy there, and a temporary illness in 1733 gave him an excuse for leaving St. Petersberg. source
Daniel Bernoulli went to St. Petersburg in 1724 as professor of mathematics, but was very unhappy there, and a temporary illness in 1733 gave him an excuse for leaving St. Petersberg.
Daniel Bernoulli returned to the University of Basel, where he successively held the chairs of medicine, metaphysics, and natural philosophy until his death. source
Daniel Bernoulli returned to the University of Basel, where he successively held the chairs of medicine, metaphysics, and natural philosophy until his death.
In May, 1750 Daniel Bernoulli was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. source
In May, 1750 Daniel Bernoulli was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Daniel Bernoulli worked with Euler on elasticity and the development of the Euler-Bernoulli beam equation. Bernoulli's principle is of critical use in aerodynamics. source
Daniel Bernoulli worked with Euler on elasticity and the development of the Euler-Bernoulli beam equation. Bernoulli's principle is of critical use in aerodynamics.
In Hydrodynamica (1738) Daniel Bernoulli laid the basis for the kinetic theory of gases, and applied the idea to explain Boyle's law. source
In Hydrodynamica (1738) Daniel Bernoulli laid the basis for the kinetic theory of gases, and applied the idea to explain Boyle's law.
Daniel Bernoulli was also the author in 1738 of Specimen theoriae novae de mensura sortis (Exposition of a New Theory on the Measurement of Risk). source
Daniel Bernoulli was also the author in 1738 of Specimen theoriae novae de mensura sortis (Exposition of a New Theory on the Measurement of Risk).
In 1705, when Daniel Bernoulli was aged 5, his family relocated to Basel in Switzerland, his parents’ hometown, where his father would became chair of mathematics at Basel University. source
In 1705, when Daniel Bernoulli was aged 5, his family relocated to Basel in Switzerland, his parents’ hometown, where his father would became chair of mathematics at Basel University.
Daniel Bernoulli applied the idea of energy conservation to fluids in motion. source
Daniel Bernoulli applied the idea of energy conservation to fluids in motion.
The Daniel Bernoulli Effect has many real-life applications and is often cited as the reason aircraft wings provide lift. source
The Daniel Bernoulli Effect has many real-life applications and is often cited as the reason aircraft wings provide lift.
Daniel Bernoulli died in his sleep aged 82 on March 17, 1782 in Basel, Switzerland. source
Daniel Bernoulli died in his sleep aged 82 on March 17, 1782 in Basel, Switzerland.
