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John Playfair (Forfarshire, 10 marzo 1748 – Burntisland, 28 luglio 1819) è stato un matematico e filosofo scozzese. Fu professore prima di matematica e poi di filosofia naturale all' Università di Edimburgo .
John Playfair FRSE, FRS (10 [citation needed] March 1748 – 20 July 1819) was a Church of Scotland minister, remembered as a scientist and mathematician, and a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.
15 feb 2023 · Who is Prue Leith's husband John Playfair? Born in England, John Playfair is a retired English fashion designer. The pair met in 2011 when Prue was 76 and he was 70.
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John Playfair. Nato il 10 Marzo 1748 a Benvie (vicino Dundee), Scozia. Morto il 20 Luglio 1819 a Burntisland, Fife, Scozia. John Playfair era il figlio più grande del Reverendo James Playfair, ministro di Benvie, una piccola città vicino a Dundee (allora in Perthshire, ora in Tayside), Scozia.
John Playfair was a Scottish geologist and mathematician known for his explanation and expansion of ideas on uniformitarianism—the theory that the Earth’s features generally represent a response to former processes similar in kind to processes that are operative today.
Geologo, matematico, fisico (Benvie, od. Dundee, 1748 - Edimburgo 1819). Curatore per molti anni delle Transactions of Royal Society di Edimburgo, prof. di matematica (1785-1805) e di filosofia naturale (dal 1805) nell'univ. della stessa città, il suo nome è soprattutto legato alla geologia.
