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Jean le Rond d'Alembert, 1717-1783. Leading thinker of the French Enlightenment and a key member of the Encyclopedist movement. He is also remembered for his contributions to calculus and the theory of fluid dynamics.

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Jean-le-Rond D'Alembert (1717 - 1783) 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. www.maths.tcd.ie/../../../DAlembert/RouseBall/RB_DAlembert.html

MacTutor History of Mathematics: D'Alembert Biography of this noted French thinker by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robinson. Includes links to related thinkers in the mathematical tradition. www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/../Mathematicians/D'Alembert.html

Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot D'Alembert's foreword to this French Enlightenment classic, translated by Richard Hooker. www.wsu.edu:8080/../../world_civ_reader_2/dalembert.html