You’ll have to use your research skills! ∙ Mathematicians Scavenger Hunt Use the following web sites to match the mathematicians with the fact about his/her life. Good luck!!! o http://wwwgroups.dcs.stand.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html o http://www.scottlan.edu/lriddle/women/WOMEN.HTML ************************************************ Write the letter of the mathematician in the space in front of the fact about his/her life. MATHEMATICIAN S FACTS A. Pythagoras _______
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Chidambaram Ramanujam | | | Top of FormBottom of Form | | | | | Before we look at the life and work of Chidambaram Padmanabhan Ramanujam we must warn the reader that this article is on Ramanujam‚ NOT Ramanujan the number theorist who worked with G H Hardy (there is only a difference of one letter in their names!). Ramanujam’s father was C S Padmanabhan who was an advocate working in Madras‚ India‚ at the High Court. C P Ramanujam was educated in Madras‚ first at Ewart’s School‚ where
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I remember from a book titled “Letters to a Young Mathematician” by Ian Stewart that he said‚ “Mathematics is the shared social construct created by people who are aware of certain opportunities. If math were a building‚ it would resemble a pyramid erected upside down. The taller the building becomes‚ the more space to build more.” I could not agree more. Mathematics is an opportunity. It should never stop growing‚ and neither should I. Ever since I declared mathematics as a major‚ I vowed to myself
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I. Greek Mathematicians Thales of Miletus Birthdate: 624 B.C. Died: 547-546 B. C. Nationality: Greek Title: Regarded as “Father of Science” Contributions: * He is credited with the first use of deductive reasoning applied to geometry. * Discovery that a circle is bisected by its diameter‚ that the base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal and that vertical angles are equal. * Accredited with foundation of the Ionian school of Mathematics that was a centre of learning and research
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René Descartes: "Father of Modern Mathematics" 1596-1650 December 13‚ 2004 René Descartes was born in La Haye‚ Touraine (France) in March of 1596 and died at Stockholm on February 11‚ 1650. René‚ the second of a family of two sons and one daughter‚ was sent to the Jesuit School at La Flêche at the early age of eight. Since he was of poor health he was permitted to lie in bed till late in the mornings‚ a custom which
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ca/BestOf/WomenInMath7105.html [Accessed 12th March 2008]. Osen‚ L M. (1975) Women in Mathematics. [Online] Available from:http://books.google.com. [Accessed 14th March 2008]. Riddle‚ L. (1995-2008) “Grace Chisholm Young” In Biographies of Women Mathematicians. [Online] Available from: http://www.agnesscott.edu/LRIDDLE/WOMEN/young.htm [Accessed 17th March 2008]. Robertson‚ E F and O ’Connor‚ J (2005). [Online] Available from: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Chisholm_Young.html [Accessed
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MAT 1000 College Mathematics Mathematicians: Making numerous contributions By Bonnie Jodoin Presented to Professor Combs A paper presented to Florida Technical College in partial fulfillment Of the requirements for the Associate of Science Degree Presented on 12/17/2001 Title Mathematicians: Making numerous contributions Thesis Statement This report will focus on the professional field of mathematicians. It will highlight some of the history‚ responsibilities‚ opportunities
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RAMANUJAN He was born on 22na of December 1887 in a small village of Tanjore district‚ Madras. He failed in English in Intermediate‚ so his formal studies were stopped but his self-study of mathematics continued. He sent a set of 120 theorems to Professor Hardy of Cambridge. As a result he invited Ramanujan to England. Ramanujan showed that any big number can be written as sum of not more than four prime numbers. He showed that how to divide the number into two or more squares or cubes. when
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Harry Houdini Harry Houdini was one of the world’s best magicians‚ and changed the way people look at entertainment. Not only was he an astonishing entertainer‚ he would break the ideas of reality. Houdini was very fond of the stage life at a very young age and began to do acts. As he grew older‚ his acts became more extreme and more stunning. Nobody knew that these acts were going to make Harry Houdini one of the best magicians on the planet. Almost everyone knows that Harry Houdini was a famous
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Srinivasa Ramanujan Famous As: Mathematician Nationality: Indian Born On: 22 December 1887 AD Born In: Erode Died On: 26 April 1920 AD Place Of Death: Chetput Education: Trinity College‚ Cambridge (1919–1920)‚ University of Cambridge (1914–1919)‚ University of Cambridge (1916)‚ Government Arts College‚ Kumbakonam (1904–1906)‚ Town Higher Secondary School (1904)‚ Pachaiyappa’s College‚ University of Works & Achievements: Ramanujan constant‚ Ramanujan prime‚ Ramanujan
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