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Archimedes: The Mathematician Who Discovered Pi

You can thank this Greek mathematician for your annual Pi Day celebration.

By Tyler Piccotti

Nobel Prize Winners

albert einstein looks at the camera with a neutral expression, he is wearing a wool coat

Albert Einstein

alexander fleming

Alexander Fleming

Gertrude B. Elion

Gertrude B. Elion

Ernest Rutherford

Ernest Rutherford

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Galileo - Mini Biography

Italian scientist and scholar Galileo's pioneering observations laid the foundation for modern physics and astronomy. He also constructed a telescope and supported the Copernican theory, which supports a sun-centered solar system.

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Philosophers

john locke

John Locke

thomas hobbes

Thomas Hobbes

socrates circa

Socrates

plato

Plato

Economists

adam smith

Adam Smith

karl marz

Karl Marx

Sadie Tanner Mossell AlexanderSadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, 1954. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images)

Sadie Alexander

john stuart mill

John Stuart Mill

Theologians

Roger Williams

Roger Williams

Sir Thomas More

Thomas More

saint thomas aquinas

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Martin Luther

Martin Luther

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Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan

Anne Sullivan Found 'the Fire of a Purpose' Through Teaching Helen Keller

Keller and her "miracle worker" started out as pupil and teacher, but their relationship blossomed into one of lifelong support.

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11 Philosophers Who Made the World Stop and Think

noam chomsky smiles and looks past the camera, he wears glasses, a black suit jacket, a blue collared shirt and a blue and white sweater

Noam Chomsky

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Erasmus of Rotterdam

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Confucius

francis bacon

Francis Bacon

auguste comte

Auguste Comte

charles louis de secondat

Charles-Louis de Secondat

john dewey

John Dewey

william james

William James

jean paul sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

immanuel kant

Immanuel Kant

jean—jacques rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

simone de beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir

petrarch

Petrarch

alain leroy locke

Alain LeRoy Locke

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Hippocrates

cesare beccaria

Cesare Beccaria

rene descartes

René Descartes

aristotle

Aristotle

friedrich nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

Historian Carter G. Woodson (Original Caption) Carter Goodwin Woodson (1875-1950), African-American historian, is shown in a head and shoulders portrait.

Carter G. Woodson

Horace Mann

Horace Mann

Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori

Cornel West

Cornel West