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Paris, Chez Jean-Baptiste Delespine 1700, mit 9 Kupfertafeln, 210 S., 3 Blatt, französischer Text, goldgeprägtes OLdr. mit 5 Bünden, Klein-8°
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| Language: |  | French | | Französisch |
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– Background –
Jacques Ozanam was a French mathematician born on June 16, 1640 in Sainte-Olive (now in the Department of Ain) and died on April 3, 1718 in Paris. He came from a wealthy Jewish family that had converted to Christianity before his birth. Although his father wanted him to study theology, Ozanam was drawn to mathematics and mastered it through self-study. At the age of 15, he published his first mathematical work. After his father's death, he gave free private math lessons in Lyon. However, when his family estate was given to his older brother, he had to charge fees for his lessons. Ozanam published numerous books, many of which sold well and were reprinted, including Récréations mathématiques et physiques, a work of recreational mathematics that contributed to the popularization of mathematics. He also published Les six livres de l'Arithmétique de Diophante, which was praised by Leibniz. In 1670, he published trigonometric and logarithmic tables that were more accurate than those by Adriaan Vlacq, Bartholomäus Pitiscus, and Henry Briggs. Ozanam lived well by teaching math to private students, mostly foreigners. However, he suffered great loss, both financially and personally, after his wife's death and the loss of his private students due to the Spanish War of Succession. He died in Paris on April 3, 1718.
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