One of the greatest mathematician of the 18th century was undoubtedly Leonhard Euler (1707 - 1783) (Euler is pronounced 'oiler'). Euler was born in Basle Switzerland, the son of a Calvanist Pastor who ...

Alexander Euler, a descendant of Leonhard Euler, one of the fathers of modern mathematics, does not want to be drafted into the Russian army - but Switzerland has refused to grant him asylum.