Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler (April 15, 1707–September 18, 1783) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist. He is considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians who ever lived. Leonhard Euler was the first to use the term "function" (defined by Leibniz in 1694) to describe an expression involving various arguments; i.e., y = F(x). He is credited with being one of the first to apply calculus to physics.

Further reading

• Euler Leonhardt : "Lettres à une Princesse d'Allemagne " ; free book at : http://www.bookmine.org ;
• Euler, Leonhard (1748). Introductio in analysin infinitorum. English translation Introduction to Analysis of the Infinite by John Blanton (Book I, ISBN 0387968245, Springer-Verlag 1988; Book II, ISBN 0387971327, Springer-Verlag 1989).
• Dunham, William (1999). Euler: The Master of Us All, Washington: Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 0-88385-328-0.
• Heimpell, Hermann, Theodor Heuss, Benno Reifenberg (editors). 1956. Die großen Deutschen, volume 2, Berlin: Ullstein Verlag.
• Simmons, J. (1996). The giant book of scientists: The 100 greatest minds of all time, Sydney: The Book Company.
• Singh, Simon. (2000). Fermats letzter Satz, Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag.
• Lexikon der Naturwissenschaftler, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag Heidelberg, 2000.