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Field (legacy)

This dimension names the field a scientist is remembered for even when their own career spanned much more. Wikipedia notes that Thales "was arguably the first scientist for describing how cosmic events may be seen as natural, not necessarily caused by gods," a single insight that defines his legacy above all else. Browsing this way collects every scientist remembered chiefly for the same field.

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Field Established
300 BCE 1
Field (legacy)

Abstract algebra and theoretical physics

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Analysis, number theory and mathematical notation

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Calculus and its notation

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Computability theory and cryptanalysis

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Foundations of geometry, formalism and functional analysis

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Geometry and astronomy

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Geometry and the axiomatic method

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Group theory and mathematical physics

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematical analysis (analytic capacity)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematical logic

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematical logic and philosophy

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematical logic and recursion theory

Field (legacy)
1 entry

mathematician

Field (legacy)
2 entries

Mathematics

Field (legacy)
15 entries

Mathematics (algebraic geometry)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics (complex analysis)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics (elliptic functions, dynamics, number theory)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics (fractal geometry)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics (geometry of numbers, mathematical physics)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics (geometry)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics (group theory, complex analysis and geometry)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics (integration theory and real analysis)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics (mathematical analysis)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics (number theory and abstract algebra)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics (probability theory)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics (set theory and mathematical logic)

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics and astronomy

Field (legacy)
3 entries

Mathematics and computing

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics and law

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics and logic

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics and philosophy

Field (legacy)
2 entries

Mathematics and Statistics

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics, mainly algebra

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics, nuclear physics, and computer science

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics, Physics

Field (legacy)
2 entries

Mathematics, physics and astronomy

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Mathematics, specifically probability theory and statistics

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Natural philosophy, mathematics and astronomy

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Number Theory

Field (legacy)
2 entries

Number theory, geodesy, differential geometry and astronomy

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Number theory, infinite series and partition functions

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Philosophy

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Set theory and mathematics

Field (legacy)
1 entry

Statistics

Field (legacy)
2 entries
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Mathematics
WikipediaMathematics, History section, Euclid paragraph
Quote, Mathematics, History section, Euclid paragraph
Around 300 BC, Euclid organized mathematical knowledge by way of postulates and first principles, which evolved into the axiomatic method that is used in mathematics today.
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