D'Alembert, Jean le Rond
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Jean-le-Rond D'Alembert (1717 - 1783)
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/DAlembert/RouseBall/RB_DAlembert.html
An excerpt from W.W. Rouse Ball's 1908 book, A Short History of Mathematics. Emphasizes D'Alembert's work in calculus and fluid dynamics.
MacTutor History of Mathematics: D'Alembert
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/D'Alembert.html
Biography of this noted French thinker by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robinson. Includes links to related thinkers in the mathematical tradition.