Jacob II Bernoulli
Jakob II Bernoulli (born October 17, 1759 in Basel , † July 3, 1789 in St. Petersburg ; also Jacob II Bernoulli ) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist.
His father was Johann II Bernoulli and his uncle Daniel Bernoulli .
Jakob II Bernoulli studied law in Basel. After unsuccessful applications for a professorship in physics, he became secretary of the imperial envoy in Venice . In 1786 he became an adjunct of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg and in 1788 a full academic member of mathematics.
In 1789 he married Charlotte Euler, a daughter of Johann Albrecht Euler and granddaughter of Leonhard Euler . After two months of marriage, at the age of 29, Bernoulli drowned in the Neva .
His work on the theory of vibrating plates is considered to be his most important achievement.
literature
- Dietrich von Engelhardt (ed.): Biographical encyclopedia of German-speaking natural scientists . Volume 1: A-O. Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11629-2 .
- Moritz Cantor : Bernoulli, Jakob II . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 482 f.
- Rudolf Mumenthaler : In the paradise of the learned. Swiss scientist in the Tsarist Empire (1725–1917). H. Rohr, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-85865-632-1 .
- JO Fleckenstein: Bernoulli, Jakob II . In: Charles Coulston Gillispie (Ed.): Dictionary of Scientific Biography . tape 2 : Hans Berger - Christoph Buys Ballot . Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1970, p. 51 .
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Jacob II Bernoulli. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
- Fritz Nagel: Bernoulli, Jacob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Fritz Nagel and Sulamith Gehr (eds.): Basel edition of the Bernoulli correspondence. Retrieved September 6, 2012 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bernoulli, Jakob II |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bernoulli, Jacob II |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss mathematician and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1759 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 1789 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg , Russian Empire |