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How could one introduce the biography of a famous person in a more appropriate manner if not with a brief self-testimonial,if one exists?F or Leonhard Euler, this is fortunately the case,since soon after the begin- ning of the second Petersburg period, Euler — presumably at the urging of members of the family — dictated to his son, Johann Albrecht, a short curriculum vitae in the German language3, which we here reproduce in the original orthography [then in free English translation]
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(2007). Basel 1707–1727. In: Leonhard Euler. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7539-3_1
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