{
  "mathematicians": [
    {
        "name": "Albert Einstein",
        "famous_for": "E = m*c^2",
        "history": "Albert Einstein excelled in mathematics early in his childhood. He liked to study math on his own. He was once quoted as saying, “I never failed in mathematics… before I was fifteen I had mastered differential integral calculus.”"
    },
    {
        "name": "Isaac Newton",
        "famous_for": "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy",
        "history": "The book of Sir Isaac Newton, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, became the catalyst to understanding mechanics. He is also the person credited for the development of the binomial theorem."
    },
    {
        "name": "Leonardo Pisano Bigollo",
        "famous_for": "Fibonacci sequence",
        "history": "Heralded as “the most talented western mathematician of the middle ages,” Leonardo Pisano Bigollo is better known as Fibonacci. He introduced the Arabic-Hindu number system to the western world. In his book, Liber Abaci (Book of Calculation), he included a sequence of numbers that are known today as “Fibonacci numbers.”"
    },
    {
      "name": "Thales",
      "famous_for": "Father of science & Thales’ theorem",
      "history": "Thales used principles of mathematics, specifically geometry, to solve everyday problems. He is considered as the “first true mathematician”. His deductive reasoning principles are applied in geometry that is a product of “Thales’ Theorem.”"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pythagoras",
      "famous_for": "Pythagorean theorem",
      "history": "Pythagoras is best known in mathematics for the Pythagorean Theorem."
    },
    {
      "name": "René Descartes",
      "famous_for": "Cartesian coordinate system",
      "history": "The “Cartesian coordinate system” in mathematics is named after Rene Descartes. As a mathematician, he is seen as the father of analytical geometry in addition to explaining “infinitesimal calculus and analysis.”"
    },
    {
      "name": "Archmiedes",
      "famous_for": "Greatest mathematician of antiquity",
      "history": "Archimedes provided principles and methods used in mathematics today. He provided the exact numerical value of pi, developed a system for large numbers to be expressed, and the method of exhaustion."
    },
    {
      "name": "John Forbes Nash, Jr.",
      "famous_for": "Nash embedding theorem",
      "history": "The work of American mathematician John Nash includes studies in differential geometry, game theory, and partial differential equations. He is best known for the Nash embedding theorem. His work in algebraic geometry is also seen as milestone in mathematics."
    },
    {
      "name": "Blaise Pascal",
      "famous_for": "Pascal’s Triangle",
      "history": "Pascal is recognized for two mathematical areas of study, projective geometry and probability theory. He describes in his paper, Treatise on the Arithmetical Triangle, an easy to understand table of “binomial coefficients” known as Pascal’s Triangle"
    },
    {
      "name": "Euclid",
      "famous_for": "Father of geometry",
      "history": "The earliest known “math books” is one written by Greek mathematician Euclid, Elements is its title. It serve as a textbook to teach geometry and mathematics. His mathematical system is known as “Euclidean geometry.”"
    },
    {
      "name": "Aryabhata",
      "famous_for": "Writing Āryabhaṭīya and the Arya-siddhanta",
      "history": "Indian mathematician Aryabhatta’s contribution include his work on providing an approximate value to pi. He likewise touched on the concepts of sine, cosine, and the place-value system."
    }
]
}