1 Introduction 1.1 Summary and Aims According to Cancer Research UK‚ 1 in 2 people born after 1960 will be diagnosed with a form of cancer in their lifetime. Every two minutes someone is diagnosed with cancer. Every four minutes someone dies from cancer. Above are some hard-hitting facts about cancer; it is rare to have not known anyone in your lifetime who has contracted the disease. Because cancer is so prominent and deadly‚ it is understandable why a lot of research is undertaken into the
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enduring challenges has been the calculation of the ratio between a circle’s circumference and diameter‚ which has come to be known by the Greek letter pi. From ancient Babylonia to the Middle Ages in Europe to the present day of supercomputers‚ mathematicians have been striving to calculate the mysterious number. They have searched for exact fractions‚ formulas‚ and‚ more recently‚ patterns in the long string of numbers starting with 3.14159 2653...‚ which is generally shortened to 3.14. William L
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: about 325 BC Died: about 265 BC in Alexandria‚ Egypt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Euclid of Alexandria is the most prominent mathematician of antiquity best known for his treatise on mathematics The Elements. The long lasting nature of The Elements must make Euclid the leading mathematics teacher of all time. However little is known of Euclid’s life except that he taught at Alexandria
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Algebrae (1560) he says: "The name Algebra is Syriac‚ signifying the art or doctrine of an excellent man. For Geber‚ in Syriac‚ is a name applied to men‚ and is sometimes a term of honour‚ as master or doctor among us. There was a certain learned mathematician who sent his algebra‚ written in the Syriac language‚ to Alexander the Great‚ and he named it almucabala‚ that is‚ the book of dark or mysterious things‚ which others would rather call the doctrine of algebra. To this day the same book is in great
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Al-Khwarizmi: The Father of Algebra Muhammed Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi‚ was a mathematical pioneer‚ and is considered by many to be the greatest mathematician of the Islamic world‚ as well as the founder algebra. His book entitled Kitâb al-Mukhtasar fî Hisâb al-Jabr wa ’l-Muqâbala‚ which means “The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing‚” established algebra as an independent discipline. While his arithmetic work‚ possibly entitled Kitāb al-Jamʿ wa-l-tafrīq bi-ḥisāb al-Hind
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and algebra along side their religious rituals. in the 1st millennium BC‚ mathematicians usually solved such equations by geometric methods‚ such as those described in the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus‚ Euclid’s Elements‚ and The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art. Much of our knowledge of ancient Egyptian mathematics‚ including algebra‚ is based on the Rhind papyrus. This was written about 1650 B.C. The Greek mathematician Diophantus has traditionally been known as the "father of algebra" but in
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and orderly fashion from a set of universally accepted axioms called postulates Pythagoras * Founded Pythagoreans composed of two groups‚ the listeners & the mathematicians. They believed that “to become a good mathematician‚ one must first be a good listener. * Discovered Pythagorean Theorem which states that “in a right triangle‚ the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the two legs”.
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A mathematician is a person who uses extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work to solve math problems. For an African American it was nearly impossible to become a mathematician without experiencing racism and or discrimination. Out of all the famous African American mathematicians I believe that Benjamin Banneker went through the most to become a mathematician and a writer. Mainly because he was born during the slavery time period. Benjamin Banneker was born on November 9‚ 1731‚ in Ellicott’s
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any kind of calculation. This machine was the Analytical Engine and it possessed some the characteristics of today’s computers. George Boole‚ born November 2‚ 1815‚ was a British mathematician and founder of mathematical logic. Coming from a poor family of limited means‚ Boole was essentially a self-taught mathematician. In 1847 Boole published "Mathematical Analysis of Logic". In the book‚ Boole established that logic could be represented by algebraic equations. This conception eventually become
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Euclid of Alexandria To describe him as one of the most influential and most widely read mathematicians of all times would accurately portray Euclid of Alexandria. His fame comes from his writings‚ in particular his masterpiece‚ The Elements‚ the long studied thirteen volume work on geometry and number theory. Except for the Bible‚ no other book has been so widely translated and circulated. It is undoubtedly the best mathematic text ever written and made him known to all as "the father of geometry
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