"Schooten possessed an excellent knowledge of the mathematics of both his own time and earlier periods. Beside being an extraordinarily industrious and conscientious scholar, a skilful communicator, and an inspiring teacher, he was a man of rare unselfishness." https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Schooten/ #Maths #Mathematics #Math #History #Biography #Dutch #Netherlands #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @mathematics @academicchatter

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