Human Accomplishment

Friday, July 17

Daily Six

Six lives worth meeting today, gathered from the long record of human accomplishment.

hang on Ernst Chladni German physicist, mathematician and musician (1756 – 1827) hang on Martin Heinrich Klaproth German chemist (1743-1817) hang on Leonhard Euler Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783) hang on Nicolas Steno Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop (1638–1686) hang on Władysław Reymont Polish novelist (1867-1925) hang on Alexander Friedmann Russian mathematician (1888-1925)