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John Vincent Atanasoff
American mathematician and physicist
al-Karajī
Persian mathematician and engineer
Nicomachus of Gerasa
Nicomachus of Gerasa
Roman philosopher and mathematician
William Petty, detail of a portrait attributed to Isaac Fuller, c. 1649-51; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir William Petty
English political economist
Bahāʾ ad-dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-ʿĀmilī
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