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Calendar of Scientific Pioneers

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November 3, 1643. Habakkuk Guldin died.—A convert to the Roman Catholic faith, Guldin, or Guldinus,. held the chairs of mathematics in the Jesuit colleges at Rome and Gratz. His “Centrobarytica,” 1635–42, contained his well-known theorems.

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S., E. Calendar of Scientific Pioneers. Nature 108, 324 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108324a0

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