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• Janiszewski Zygmunt

Born: 12 June 1888 in Warsaw, Poland
Died: 3 Jan 1920 in Lvov, Poland

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• Jungius Joachim (1587 -1657 ) Germany

Born: 22 Oct 1587 in Lubeck, Germany
Died: 23 Sept 1657 in Hamburg, Germany

In mathematics Jungius proved that the catenary is not a parabola (Galileo assumed it was). He was one of the first to use exponents to represent powers and he used mathematics as a model for the natural sciences.

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