Daniel Bernoulli

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       Danel Bernoulli, the most successful of all the Bernoulli's was born in Groningen, The Netherlands on 8th February in 1700. His father Johann Bernoulli was working as professor of Mathematics at Groningen then.  Later they moved to Basel, Switzerland which was their native place.

      Daniel did his PhD in Medicine as Johann insisted him to do so. But, as Daniel was ver much interested in mathematics he was learning math while doing medicine. He also worked with another great mathematician Leohnard Euler (who was a student of Johann Bernoulli in Basel) in St. Petersburg. 

    He worked in various subjects like, Hydrodynamics, Vibrations in Strings, probablitiy,kinetic theory of gases to name a few.


Daniel Bernoulli