Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (Potsdam December 10, 1804 - Berlin February 18, 1851), was not only a great German mathematician but also considered by many as the most inspiring teacher of his time (Bell, p. 330).

References

• Men of Mathematics, Eric Temple Bell, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1937.
  
• New Foundations of Classical Mechanics, David Hestenes, Kluwer Adademic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1986.
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