Daniel Bernoulli was a famous Swiss mathematician and physicist. He was one amongst the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He is most remembered for his way of applying mathematics to mechanics, specifically fluid mechanics.
He is also known for his pioneering work in statistics and probability. Daniel Bernoulli was born on February 8, in Groningen, Netherlands. He came from a family of prominent mathematicians.
His father was actually one of the first developers of calculus while his uncle and older brother were also great mathematicians. At a young age of seven, Daniel Bernoulli showed a great desire to study mathematics. However, his father encouraged him to study business. This was because his father was afraid of the poor rewards that awaited Daniel as a mathematician.
Later, his father asked him to study medicine. Daniel agreed to do so on the condition that his dad taught him mathematics privately. Daniel studied medicine in Basel and in , he earned his Ph. Daniel did not have a good relationship with his father because his father was embarrassed when he and Daniel tied for first place at a scientific contest at the University of Paris.
Despite, trying very hard to reconcile with his father, his father kept a grudge until the time that he passed away. In , Daniel left for St. He went there to fill a post as professor of mathematics. However, he was very unhappy and an illness in gave him a reason to leave. He belonged to a family of mathematicians. At the age of 7, Daniel expressed his desire to study mathematics but his father encouraged him to study business instead. Daniel agreed on the condition that his father would tutor him in mathematics.
His relation with his father was sour due to the shame that he felt after coming in the same place in a scientific contest in the University of Paris. He went as far as using plagiarism.
In , Daniel went to St. Petersburg to fill the post as Professor of Mathematics. He was, however, not satisfied there thus resulting in his resignation in He went back to the University of Basel. He was also selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in May This was his first mathematical work. He continued his studies in Italy until he was 24 and received a doctorate in medicine.
The following year he went to St. Petersburg, Russia, as a professor of mathematics. After 8 years he returned to Switzerland because of his health. He first taught anatomy and botany, then changed to experimental and speculative philosophy or, in modern terminology, theoretical physics. He has been called the father of mathematical physics.
In Bernoulli published Hydrodynamica.
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