Beppo Levi
Beppo Levi, Jewish Italian/Argentine mathematician (Torino 14 May 1875 – Rosario, Santa Fe Province 28 August 1961) ACHIEVEMENTS Published more than 150 mathematical papers Proved monotone convergence theorem or Beppo Levi theorem (1906) Introduced the concept of functions classes Anticipated Ogg-Mazur conjecture by more than 60 years (1908) Discovered that angular points number of a continuous function is numerable Proved Picard-Simart theorem Invented a mathematical version of Berry antinomy First to investigate the structure of torsion group EPONYMY Beppo Levi lemma (1906) Beppo Levi inequality (1906) Beppo Levi spaces (integrable squares spaces) Beppo Levi functions Beppo Levi boundary condition Beppo Levi semi-norm Beppo Levi norm Beppo Levi property Beppo Levi approximation principle
Arno Lise
Arno Antonio Lise, Brazilian arachnologist (Canelas, Rio Grande do Sul State ?) fl.1961 DESCRIBED VALID ARACHNIDA TAXA Genera Amapalea 2006 with da Silva Caricelea 2007 with da Silva Nyetnops 2007 with Platnick Rejanellus 2005 Theriella 1996 with Braul Species 135 HONORS Arnoliseus Braul 2002 (Arachnida) LINKS www.wsc.nmbe.ch
Arnaldo López Miranda
Hermes Arnaldo López Miranda, Peruvian botanist (Ascope, La Libertad Department 26 June 1922 – Trujillo, La Libertad Department 07 May 2010) Authored over 46 publications Described about 15 new plant species HONORS Lopezmyxa Skvortzov 1972 (Xanthophyceae) Arnaldoa Cabrera 1962 (Asteraceae)
Aristides Azevedo Pacheco Leão
Aristides Azevedo Pacheco Leão, Brazilian neurophysiologist (Rio de Janeiro 03 August 1914 – Rio de Janeiro 14 December 1993) Discovered the cortical spreading depression known as Leão waves or phenomenon Spreading depression of activity in the cerebral cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 7:359-90, 1944 First to relate spreading cortical depression and the aura of migraine With R.S. Morison. Propagation of spreading cortical depression. J. Neurophysiol. 8:33-45, 1945 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With P.A. Maranhão Filho. A note on the action of glutamine on cortical spreading depression. Cephalalgia 11:201-4, 1991 With E. Oswaldo Cruz, R.F. Bernardes & C.E. Rocha Miranda. The brain of the opossum (Didelphis marsupialis): a cytoarchitectonic atlas in stereotaxic coordinates (1968) With H. Martins Ferreira. Nota acerca da depressão alastrante no cerebelo, tubérculo quadrigêmino e bulbo olfativo. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias (1961) Composição iônica extracelular e depressão alastrante. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 33:38-9, 1961 With H. Martins Ferreira. Nota acerca da depressão alastrante no bulbo olfativo. An. Acad. Bras. Cien. Circulação na pia mater e depressão alastrante da atividade do córtex cerebral. Anais Acad. Bras Ciencias 26, 1954 With H. Martins Ferreira. Alterações da impedância elétrica no decurso da depressão alastrante da atividade do córtex cerebral. Anais Acad. Bras Ciencias 25(3):259-66, 1953 The slow voltage variation of cortical spreading depression of activity. Electroencephalogr. Clin. Neurophysiol. 3:315-21, 1951 Further observations on the spreading depression of activity in the cerebral cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 10:409-14, 1947 Pial circulation and spreading depression of activity in the cerebral cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 7:391-6, 1944 His uncle, Antonio Pacheco Leão, Brazilian physician and botanist (Rio de Janeiro 11 April 1872 – Rio de Janeiro 21 June 1931) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Correlação hepato-renal em pathologia (1897) Biografia de Martius (1919) Enumeração das plantas amazônicas cultivadas no Jardim Botânico e introduzidas, pelo chefe da seção Adolpho Ducke HONORS Leocereus Britton & Rose 1920 (Cactaceae)
Antonio de Leon y Gama
Antonio de Leon y Gama, Mexican scientist (Ciudad de Mexico 1735 – Ciudad de Mexico 12 September 1802) ACHIEVEMENTS Published works dealing with experimental physics, medicine, mathematics and archaeology Determined latitude and longitude of Mexico Observed poles height in Ciudad de Mexico and computed accurately Solar Eclipse of 1771, being highly praised by French astronomer Joseph J. L. de Lalande Performed astronomical calculations about a comet (1778) that earned him recognition in Europe Explained Aztec calendar (1790)
Antonio Correia de Lacerda
Antonio Correia de Lacerda, Portuguese / Brazilian physician and naturalist (Vila da Ponte, Montalegre Subdistrict, Portugal 1777 – São Luiz 21 July 1852) Developed a process for peeling of cinnamon and bark’s expurgation Collected, classified and described plant species in Flora Paraensis (1821-52) and Nova Genera Plantarum (1820s) that didn’t use the binomial nomenclature Described more than 400 plant species with its medicinal effects and posology in Botanica Medica (1830s) Authored Chemiologia Vegetal (1845-9) recording the effects of plant chemicals on chemical reagents, isolating active principles and describing the chemical composition of each solution Authored Zoologia paraense (1820-35) too MEMBERSHIP Member, Societé de Medicine de Marseille (1831) Member, Munich Academy of Sciences (nominee by famous botanist Karl Friedrich Philipp Von Martius) OFFICES President of Government Junta that ruled Pará Province (12 March 1822 – 01 March 1823; 30 April 1824 – 02 May 1824) LINKS http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0104-59702004000300004&script=sci_arttext (Portuguese)