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Isaac Beeckman

1588 - 1637

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Isaac Beeckman (10 December 1588 – 19 May 1637) was a Dutch philosopher and scientist, who, through his studies and contact with leading natural philosophers, may have "virtually given birth to modern atomism". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Beeckman has received more than 93,306 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac Beeckman is the 237th most popular mathematician (up from 324th in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 319th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Isaac Beeckman ranks 237 out of 1,004. Before him are Piet Hein, Joseph Petzval, Seymour Papert, Gilles de Roberval, Nikolay Bogolyubov, and Eduard Heine. After him are Farkas Bolyai, Johannes de Sacrobosco, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Seki Takakazu, Robert Recorde, and John Charles Fields.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1588, Isaac Beeckman ranks 7. Before him are Thomas Hobbes, Marin Mersenne, Constance of Austria, Hendrick ter Brugghen, Henri, Prince of Condé, and Marina Mniszech. After him are Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Robert Filmer, Jan Janssonius, Pierre Séguier, and Ole Worm. Among people deceased in 1637, Isaac Beeckman ranks 7. Before him are Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, Christina of Lorraine, Ben Jonson, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc. After him are Robert Fludd, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, Péter Pázmány, Pierre Vernier, and Theodoor Rombouts.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Isaac Beeckman ranks 238 out of 1,646. Before him are Robin van Persie (1983), Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), Salomon van Ruysdael (1602), Anton Mussert (1894), Adriaen de Vries (1556), and George Blake (1922). After him are Wim Suurbier (1945), Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (1948), Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527), Tiësto (1969), William I, Count of Holland (1167), and Regnier de Graaf (1641).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Netherlands

Among mathematicians born in Netherlands, Isaac Beeckman ranks 4. Before him are Willebrord Snellius (1580), Willem de Sitter (1872), and L. E. J. Brouwer (1881). After him are Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903), Gemma Frisius (1508), Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Willem 's Gravesande (1688), Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835), Arend Heyting (1898), and Diederik Korteweg (1848).

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