Sophie Germain Female of French Revolution Marie-Sophie Germain was born on April 1‚ 1776 and passed away on June 27‚ 1831. She was an important French mathematician‚ and a brilliant woman who lived during the French Revolution. Germain was born to a middle-class merchant family in Paris‚ France‚ and began studying mathematics at age thirteen‚ despite her parents’ strong attempts to dissuade her from engaging in a ’men’s profession’. Several years later‚ she managed to get some lecture notes
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Secret Mathematician: Sophie Germain Please Don ’t Copy This Exactly! For Information Only. Sophie Germain‚ born to wealthy parents and coming of age during the French Revolution turned to the study of mathematics as a way to cure her boredom. She quickly became a sneaky mathematician hiding her studies first from her parent’s and later from the mentors she most admired and respected. She had to pose as a male to be taken seriously in her studies. As Sophie grew older and fell in love with
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Although there are many famous mathematicians that I do not know of‚ Maria Gaëtana Agnesi is an important mathematician of the Renaissance period. Born on May 16‚ 1718‚ Maria was the oldest of twenty one. “She was the daughter of Pietro Agnesi who came from a wealthy family who made their money from silk.”(O’Connor and Robertson) Recognized as a child prodigy‚ early‚ Maria’s father made sure to provide the finest tutors for his daughter. All of Maria’s tutors were men educated by the Church
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Once upon a time‚ in the sunken city of Atlantis‚ there was a well known mathematician. This mathematician was a fish though‚ and was famous for discovering the pike-thagorean theorem. Now‚ this fish was facing the lowly task of tutoring a bunch of young fish in how to be successful in algaebra. Little did he know‚ he was being watched by an evil force as he went about this task. While the teacher taught his students about pollock-nomials‚ he was unaware that nearby‚ a waterproof robot bigger than
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Facebook * Pinterest HUMANS Top 10 Greatest Mathematicians M. R. SEXTON DECEMBER 7‚ 2010 Often called the language of the universe‚ mathematics is fundamental to our understanding of the world and‚ as such‚ is vitally important in a modern society such as ours. Everywhere you look it is likely mathematics has made an impact‚ from the faucet in your kitchen to the satellite that beams your television programs to your home. As such‚ great mathematicians are undoubtedly going to rise above the rest
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Hypatia of Alexandria Hypatia is a famous scholar from ancient Egypt. To this day‚ she is still the only famous mathematician from ancient times. She wrote many books on mathematical and philosophical concepts and became a great teacher. Hypatia is the first woman known to be able to analyze and teach highly advanced mathematics. She is still considered the only famous female mathematician even though all of her work is either lost or destroyed. Hypatia was born sometime around 370 AD. She grew
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Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar Loftus – 3A Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar was one of the greatest mathematicians in history. He was born in Erode‚ Tamil Nadu state‚ India and went to college‚ but dropped out because he was not focused on anything academic besides mathematics. On the bright side‚ a clerk in Madras‚ India sent a letter to an English mathematician named G. H. Hardy in England showing 120 statements of theorems on infinite series‚ improper integrals‚ continued fractions‚ and number
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BC Calculus Post AP Exam Assignment: 500 BC-1 AD: Euclid‚ alive around 300 BC‚ completely transformed mathematics. His influence is extremely evident today in the fields of geometry‚ arithmetic‚ and optics. Living in a time when questioning thought‚ trying to understand the changing world‚ and developing ideas that could help understand the natural world‚ Euclid was able to identify and create ideas that transformed the way people viewed the world into a more mathematical‚ logical‚ and
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Mathematicians of the 17th Century Jacob Bernoulli (also known as James or Jacques) (27 December 1654/6 January 1655 – 16 August 1705) was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He became familiar with calculus through a correspondence with Gottfried Leibniz‚ then collaborated with his brother Johann on various applications‚ notably publishing papers ontranscendental curves (1696) and isoperimetry(1700‚ 1701). In 1690‚ Jacob Bernoulli became the first person to develop
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Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Born: March 14‚ 1879‚ in Ulm‚ Kingdom of Württemberg‚ German Empire Died: April 18‚ 1955 (at age 76) in Princeton‚ New Jersey Nationality: German Famous For: Father of the Atomic Age. Many contributions to science that transformed the modern world Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1921)‚ Time Magazine’s Person of the Century (1999) Einstein’s Contribution to Mathematics While Einstein was remembered for his contributions to physics‚ he also made contributions in mathematics
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