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Showing posts with label women and mathematics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women and mathematics. Show all posts
Monday, December 26, 2016

Mary Somerville, the "Queen of Nineteenth-Century Science"

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Mary Fairfax Somerville, Writer, Mathematician, and Astronmer (born 26 December 1790) I have spent a great deal of time in many posts o...
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Ada Lovelace, "The Enchantress of Numbers"

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Augusta Ada Gordon King, countess of Lovelace (born 10 December 1815) Ada Lovelace, as she is now most commonly remembered, was the dau...
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Marie-Sophie Germain: Mathematician, Physicist, and Philosopher

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Marie-Sophie Germain (born 1 April 1776) A coin bearing Sophie Germain's profile Despite the "handicap" of her sex...
Sunday, March 8, 2015

Hypatia of Alexandria: Mathematician, Philosopher, Martyr

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Hypatia of Alexandria (martyred 8 [?] March, 415/16) Although biographical information about Hypatia of Alexandria is scarce, several s...
Friday, January 9, 2015

The Mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi

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Maria Gaetana Agnesi  (died 9 January 1799) Born in Milan in 1718, Maria Gaetana Agnesi was recognized as a prodigy when she was still q...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

On Ada Lovelace Day: Trota of Salerno

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Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day, 14 October 2014: Trota and The Trotula Today is Ada Lovelace Day, described by its sponsoring organizati...
Thursday, October 2, 2014

Ada Lovelace, Women in Math and Technology, and Walter Isaacson

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"The Women Tech Forgot"??? In today's New York Times , Nick Bilton's brief piece, " The Women Tech Forgot ,...