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Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Born

in Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia

January 25, 1736

Died

April 10, 1813

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Louis_Lagrange

Genre

Science, Astronomy, Mathematics

Influences

Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Antoine Lavoisier, Pierre-Simom Laplace, Soph ...more

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French mathematician and astronomer comte Joseph Louis Lagrange developed the calculus of variations in 1755 and made a number of other contributions to the study of mechanics.

Born Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia (also reported as Giuseppe Luigi Lagrangia) this man of Enlightenment era of Italy made significant contributions to the fields of analysis, number theory, classical mechanics, and celestial mechanics. He died in Paris.

In 1766, on the recommendation of Leonhard Euler and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Lagrange succeeded Euler as the director of mathematics at the Prussian academy of sciences in Berlin, Prussia, where he stayed for more than two decades, producing volumes of work and winning several prizes of the French Academy of Sciences. ...more

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	Lectures on Elementary Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) by Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Thomas J. McCormack (Translator) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2008 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Analytical Mechanics by Joseph-Louis Lagrange, A. Boissonnade (Translator), V.N. Vagliente (Translator) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mécanique Analytique Volume 2 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joseph Louis Lagrange's Zusätze zu Eulers Elementen der Algebra (Classic Reprint): Unbestimmte Analysis it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elements Of Algebra; Volume 2 by Joseph-Louis Lagrange (Creator), Leonhard Euler it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joseph Louis Lagrange's Zusätze zu Eulers Elementen der Algebra: Unbestimmte Analysis. by Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Heinrich Weber, Leonhard Euler it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joseph Louis Lagrange's Zusatze Zu Eulers Elementen Der Algebra: Unbestimmte Analysis (1898) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elements Of Algebra, Volume 1 by Joseph-Louis Lagrange (Creator), Leonhard Euler really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Lettres inédites de Joseph-Louis Lagrange à Léonard Euler 1877 [Leather Bound] really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“{Comment to Delambre on chemist Antoine Lavoisier's execution during the French Revolution}

Only a moment to cut off that head and a hundred years may not give us another like it.”
― Joseph-Louis Lagrange

tags: admiration, antoine-lavoisier, astronomy, chemistry, delambre, execution, genius, jean-baptiste-joseph-delambre, praise, science, scientists

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“If I had inherited a fortune I should probably not have cast my lot with mathematics”
― Joseph Lagrange

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“Un antico scrittore disse che l'aritmetica e la geometria sono le ali della matematica; Credo si possa dire senza parlare metaforicamente che queste due scienze sono il fondamento e l'essenza di tutte le scienze che si occupano di quantità. Non solo sono le fondamenta, sono anche, per così dire, le pietre di copertura; poiché, ogni volta che si è arrivati a un risultato, per usare quel risultato, è necessario tradurlo in numeri o in righe; tradurlo in numeri richiede l'aiuto dell'aritmetica, tradurlo in linee richiede l'uso della geometria.”
― Joseph-Louis Lagrange

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