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d'Alembert - Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783)

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/D'Alembert.html
Helped to resolve the controversy in mathematical physics over the conservation of kinetic energy by improving Newton's definition of force. A biography with references to his work and contemporaries, as well as affiliated organisations.
Hamilton, Sir William Rowan (1805-1865)

http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Hamilton/
Responsible for Hamilton's Principle and the classical Hamiltonian
Lagrange, Joseph Louis

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Lagrange.html
A biography written with reference to his peers; includes quotations and references to his works.

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