Daniel Bernoulli was a Dutch born mathematician (1700–1782), although he spent most of his working life in Switzerland. He studied mathematics and medicine, becoming professor of mathematics at St Petersburg in 1725.
In 1732 he became professor of anatomy at Basel University, continuing to become a professor of botany and finally physics. He worked on many areas including trigonometry, mechanics, vibrations and fluid mechanics—including anticipating the kinetic theory of gasses. His solution of a problem of gas properties became known as Bernoulli’s equation and was published in 1738.
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