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Geminus

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Geminus of Rhodes (Greek: Γεμῖνος ὁ Ῥόδιος), was a Greek astronomer and mathematician, who flourished in the 1st century BC. An astronomy work of his, the Introduction to the Phenomena, still survives; it was intended as an introductory astronomy book for students. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geminus has received more than 101,328 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Geminus is the 458th most popular mathematician (down from 453rd in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from Greece (down from 516th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Greek Mathematician.

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  • 21

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  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Geminus ranks 458 out of 823Before him are Lothar Collatz, Enrico Betti, Auguste Kerckhoffs, John Hadley, Friedrich Hirzebruch, and Thomas Bradwardine. After him are Pierre Fatou, Roger Cotes, Maryam Mirzakhani, Whitfield Diffie, Adam Ries, and Mitchell Feigenbaum.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Geminus ranks 537 out of 936Before him are Leosthenes (-400), Philostratus of Lemnos (200), Nephon II of Constantinople (1450), Oenopides (-490), Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851), and Antiphanes (-388). After him are Arethas of Caesarea (860), Nikolaos Michaloliakos (1957), Thrasyllus (-450), Antigone of Epirus (-350), Charilaos Vasilakos (1877), and Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (1950).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Greece

Among mathematicians born in Greece, Geminus ranks 9Before him are Conon of Samos (-280), Theaetetus (-417), Menaechmus (-375), Aristyllus (-400), Diocles (-240), and Dinostratus (-390). After him are Cahit Arf (1910) and Demetrios Christodoulou (1951).