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Daniel Bernoulli (
Groningen,
January 29,
1700 –
July 27,
1782) was a
Swiss mathematician who spent much of his life in
Basel where he died. A member of a talented family of mathematicians, physicists and philosophers, he's particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially
fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in
probability and
statistics.
Early life
Born in
Groningen, the Netherlands, the son of
Johann Bernoulli, nephew of
Jacob Bernoulli, younger brother of
Nicolaus II Bernoulli, and older brother of Johann II, Daniel Bernoulli has been described as "by far the ablest of the younger Bernoullis". He is said to have had a bad relationship with his father. Upon both of them entering and tying for first place in a scientific contest at the
University of Paris, Johann, unable to bear the "shame" of being compared to his offspring, banned Daniel from his house. Johann Bernoulli also tried to steal Daniel's book
Hydrodynamica and rename it
Hydraulica. Despite Daniel's attempts at reconciliation, his father carried the grudge until his death.
When Daniel was five, his younger brother Johann II Bernoulli was born. Around schooling age, his father, Johann Bernoulli, encouraged him to study business, there being poor rewards awaiting a mathematician. However, Daniel refused, because he wanted to study mathematics. He later gave in to his father's wish and studied business. His father then asked him to study in
medicine, and Daniel agreed under the condition that his father would teach him mathematics privately, which they continued for some time. in which the
St. Petersburg paradox was the base of the economic theory of
risk aversion,
risk premium and
utility.
One of the earliest attempts to analyse a statistical problem involving
censored data was Bernoulli's
1766 analysis of
smallpox morbidity and mortality data to demonstrate the efficacy of
vaccination.
Physics
He is the earliest writer who attempted to formulate a
kinetic theory of gases, and he applied the idea to explain
Boyle's law.
Bernoulli's principle is of critical use in
aerodynamics.
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