Award
Fellow of the Royal Society
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Daniel Bernoulli
1700-02-08 – 1782-03-17
Life & Legacy
Daniel Bernoulli (8 February [O.S. 29 January] 1700 – 27 March 1782) 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 in probability and statistics. His name is commemorated in 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: the carburetor and the aeroplane wing.
Occupation & Career
mathematician, physicist, university teacher, economist, physician, statistician, botanist
Education
University of Basel; Heidelberg University; University of Strasbourg
Faith & Community
Protestantism; reformed
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Fellow of the Royal Society; Moral Expectation; St. Petersburg paradox; Hydrodynamica; Bernoulli's principle
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society
Church
Protestantism · reformed
Employer
Russian Academy of Sciences · University of Basel
Organizations & Memberships
Académie de Stanislas (Nancy, France) · French Academy of Sciences · Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences · Royal Society of London · Russian Academy of Sciences
Notable Work
Bernoulli's principle · Hydrodynamica · Moral Expectation · St. Petersburg paradox
Education & Institutions
Heidelberg University · University of Basel · University of Strasbourg
Verified Legacy Record
Faith Community
Protestantism; reformed
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Family Father
Johann Bernoulli
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Family Mother
Dorothea Falkner
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Family Sibling
Nicolaus II Bernoulli
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Family Sibling
Johann II Bernoulli
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Family Sibling
Anne Catherine Bernoulli
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Notable Work
Moral Expectation
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Notable Work
St. Petersburg paradox
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Notable Work
Hydrodynamica
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Notable Work
Bernoulli's principle
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Family & Relationships
Sources & Provenance
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- Wikidata population candidate Q227897 — wikidata View source
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