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Jakob Steiner

1796 - 1863

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Jakob Steiner (18 March 1796 – 1 April 1863) was a Swiss mathematician who worked primarily in geometry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jakob Steiner is the 187th most popular mathematician (up from 192nd in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 119th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swiss Mathematician.

Jakob Steiner is most famous for his work in the fields of thermodynamics and heat transfer. He is best known for his book Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes, which was published in 1920.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jakob Steiner ranks 187 out of 1,004. Before him are Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Étienne Bézout, Simplicius of Cilicia, Édouard Lucas, Alonzo Church, and Jean Gaston Darboux. After him are Hans Hahn, G. I. Taylor, Harald Bohr, Rafael Bombelli, Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow, and Étienne-Louis Malus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, Jakob Steiner ranks 11. Before him are Adolphe Quetelet, Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Michael Thonet, Franz Berwald, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, and Asher Brown Durand. After him are Walter Hunt, Peter Fendi, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Giovanni Pacini, Carl Loewe, and Carl Ludwig Blume. Among people deceased in 1863, Jakob Steiner ranks 9. Before him are Jacob Grimm, Dost Mohammad Khan, Frederick VII of Denmark, William Makepeace Thackeray, Sa'id of Egypt, and Horace Vernet. After him are Alfred de Vigny, Franz Xaver Gruber, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Giovanni Battista Amici, Auguste Bravais, and Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jakob Steiner ranks 108 out of 1,015. Before him are Brother Roger (1915), Anders Arborelius (1949), Louis, Duke of Savoy (1413), Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270), Louis Agassiz (1807), and Louis Chevrolet (1878). After him are Henri Guisan (1874), Gianni Infantino (1970), Emil Abderhalden (1877), Jacques Dubochet (1942), Alexander Agassiz (1835), and Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Switzerland

Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Jakob Steiner ranks 6. Before him are Leonhard Euler (1707), Jacob Bernoulli (1654), Johann Bernoulli (1667), Gabriel Cramer (1704), and Jost Bürgi (1552). After him are Paul Guldin (1577), Nicolaus II Bernoulli (1695), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750), and Johann II Bernoulli (1710).

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