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• ... that mathematician and theologian Isaac Barrow (1630–1677) was known for his courage, and that he once saved the ship he was upon from capture by pirates?
• ... that mathematician Jacques-Louis Lions championed the application of mathematics in industry, with a particular involvement in the French space program, as well as in domains such as energy and the environment, and that he was the director of the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) from 1984 to 1992?
• ... that wealthy Venetian polymath Francesco Algarotti visited London London, where he was made a fellow of the Royal Society. He became embroiled in a lively bisexual love-triangle with the politician John Hervey, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Algarotti left for Italy and finished his Neutonianismo per le dame ("Newtonism for Ladies") (1737 – dedicated to Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle) – a work consisting of information on astronomy, physics, mathematics, women and science and education.