Jakob Bernoulli è stato un matematico e scienziato svizzero.
Era il fratello maggiore di Johann Bernoulli e lo zio di Daniel Bernoulli.
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“Changed and yet the same, I rise again.”
Originale: (sp) Eadem mutata resurgo
Gravestone marker (1705) referring to the , which remains the same after mathematical transformations. He considered it a symbol of resurrection. Bernoulli wanted the logarithmic Spira mirabilis, "the marvelous spiral," engraved on his headstone, but an Archimedean spiral was placed there instead.
Ars Conjectandi (1713) Chapter II, Part IV, defining the art of conjecture.
