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Math & Mathematicians by Leonard C. Bruno, Lawrence W. Baker, 2002-09-26
Kurt Otto Friedrichs (1901-1982): Selecta: Volume 1 (Contemporary Mathematicians)
MATH & MATHEMATICIANS 2 (Set books) by Dedron & I, 1978-01-01
The Polya Picture Album: Encounters of a Mathematician
Collected Works of Raoul Bott: Topology and Lie Groups v. 1 (Contemporary Mathematicians) by Raoul Bott, 1993-12-30
The French Mathematician by Tom Petsinis, 1997-01
Birth of Mathematics: Ancient Times to 1300 (Pioneers in Mathmatics) by Michael J. Bradley, 2006-10-30
A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market by John Allen Paulos, 2003-05
Leonhard Euler and the Bernoullis: Mathematicians from Basel by M. B. W. Tent, 2009-10-05
Encounters of a Mathematician by Walter Ledermann, 2010-02-01
Die Werke von Jakob Bernoulli: Bd. 1: Astronomie, Philisophia naturalis (The collected scientific papers of the mathematicians & physicists of the Bernoulli family) (German and Latin Edition) (Vol 1) by Jakob Bernoulli, 1980-01-01
John Von Neumann and Norbert Wiener: From Mathematics to the Technologies of Life and Death by Steve Joshua Heims, 1980-10
Certainties and Doubts: A Philosophy of Life by Anatol Rapoport, 2000-04-01
Johannes Faulhaber 1580-1635 (Vita Mathematica) (German Edition) by Ivo Schneider, 1993-11-08

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Famous Mathematicians (Biographies) - FreeMathHelp.com
Provides free math help to students studying algebra, geometry, calculus,trigonometry, and more. Site offers lessons, games, and a very popular message
http://www.freemathhelp.com/mathematicians.html

Extractions: Mathematicians Math Biographies - Here is a huge collection of biographies about famous, and not-so-famous, mathematicians. MathCards.com - Features mathcards, which are like baseball cards but with mathematicians. A neat idea, worth a visit. Biographies - Biographical information on hundreds on famous mathematicians. View by date, name, or search the index. Euclid - A brief essay I wrote for a world history class. Talks about the famous mathematician who basically made everything we know about geometry.
Hilbert
Biography of David Hilbert (18621943) The great importance of definiteproblems for the progress of mathematical science in general is undeniable.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Hilbert.html

Extractions: Version for printing David Hilbert attended the gymnasium Lindemann for his doctorate which he received in 1885 for a thesis entitled One of Hilbert's friends there was Minkowski In 1884 Hurwitz In 1892 Schwarz Weierstrass 's chair and Klein Klein failed to persuade his colleagues and Heinrich Weber was appointed to the chair. Klein Fuchs Minkowski Hilbert's first work was on invariant theory and, in 1888, he proved his famous Basis Theorem. Twenty years earlier Gordan had proved the finite basis theorem for binary forms using a highly computational approach. Attempts to generalise Gordan 's work to systems with more than two variables failed since the computational difficulties were too great. Hilbert himself tried at first to follow Gordan 's approach but soon realised that a new line of attack was necessary. He discovered a completely new approach which proved the finite basis theorem for any number of variables but in an entirely abstract way. Although he proved that a finite basis existed his methods did not construct such a basis. Hilbert submitted a paper proving the finite basis theorem to Mathematische Annalen.
01: History And Biography
This has left mathematicians to write their history, by and large, There isa classic collection of biographies which perhaps should be enjoyed as
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/index/01-XX.html

Extractions: POINTERS: Texts Software Web links Selected topics here Formal studies in the history of mathematics developed much more slowly than studies in mathematics itself. There is a particular difficulty in that those who are well trained in historical analysis are typically insufficiently versed in mathematics to be able to appreciate the subject at hand. This has left mathematicians to write their history, by and large, although they are usually untrained for that task. Nonetheless, the stories of the people involved in developing mathematics are often inspiring or informative. A sense of what motivated mathematicians to pursue their key ideas helps put the importance of those results into a better context. Thus the study of the history of mathematics and its proponents includes several well-developed parts. The development of comparatively simple mathematics (through the calculus, for example) is now well documented, principally as part of the study of the development of scientific ideas in distinct human cultures through the 18th century. The development of mathematics in the last couple of centuries is instead more frequently studied thematically that is, the worldwide development of algebra, or statistics, say or through the lives of individual mathematicians. No attempt will be made to summarize the development of abstract and applied mathematics during this last few centuries; see the resources below. Some historical comments are included in the index pages for the separate disciplines.
Math WWW VL: General Resources [FSU Math]
o, Mathematical Fiction A list of fiction involving mathematics, African Diasporabiographies and histories of contemporary mathematicians of African
http://euclid.math.fsu.edu/Science/General.html

Extractions: Notes about the Virtual Library: Information categorized by subject. To suggest an addition to the Mathematics Virtual Library please fill out the on-line form Overseas users may want to try our mirror in Israel , hosted by the Israel Institute of Technology This collection of Mathematics-related resources is maintained by the Florida State University Department of Mathematics as a free service to the online community. Mathematics General Resources 3D Nauta Hard mind game. Spatial, 3D, topological, cryptological. Abstract Algebra On Line Algebra is Arithmetic Backwards Inheritance, Fiduciaries, Navation, Life's Lessons, author's introduction to Clifford Algebra American Mathematical Society (AMS) e-MATH Server Applied Mathematics Center Applied Probability Group at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Argonne National Lab, Mathematics and Computer Science
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727) -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Scientific Biography
English physicist and mathematician who was born into a poor farming family. Westfall, RS Never at Rest A Biography of Isaac Newton.
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Newton.html

Extractions: English physicist and mathematician who was born into a poor farming family. Luckily for humanity, Newton was not a good farmer, and was sent to Cambridge to study to become a preacher. At Cambridge, Newton studied mathematics, being especially strongly influenced by Euclid , although he was also influenced by Baconian and Cartesian philosophies. Newton was forced to leave Cambridge when it was closed because of the plague, and it was during this period that he made some of his most significant discoveries. With the reticence he was to show later in life, Newton did not, however, publish his results. Newton suffered a mental breakdown in 1675 and was still recovering through 1679. In response to a letter from Hooke , he suggested that a particle, if released, would spiral in to the center of the Earth Hooke wrote back, claiming that the path would not be a spiral, but an ellipse Newton, who hated being bested, then proceeded to work out the mathematics of orbits. Again, he did not publish his calculations. Newton then began devoting his efforts to theological speculation and put the calculations on elliptical motion aside, telling Halley he had lost them (Westfall 1993, p. 403).
NIELS HENRIK ABEL And His Times (Stubhaug)-Springer Mathematics (general) Book
Arild Stubhaug, who is both a historian and a mathematician, has written thedefinitive biography of Niels Henrik Abel. The Norwegian
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-109-22-2339196-0,00.ht

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Charles Babbage: Biography And Much More From Answers.com
She was perhaps the first to grasp the more general goals of Babbages machine, Biography (http//wwwgroups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/
http://www.answers.com/topic/charles-babbage

Extractions: showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Personalities Scientist Dictionary Encyclopedia Wikipedia Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Charles Babbage Personalities Source Charles Babbage Mathematician / Inventor Babbage created the first reliable actuarial tables, invented skeleton keys and the locomotive cowcatcher... In 1847 he invented an ophthalmoscope to study the retina, but didn't announce the invention and didn't get any credit for it... Lady Lovelace also joined Babbage in his failed attempts to create an infallible system of betting on horse races... The work of Babbage and Lady Lovelace is central to the speculative novel The Difference Engine (1992), written by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson FOUR GOOD LINKS Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine
Carl Friedrich Gauss: Biography And Much More From Answers.com
German mathematician and astronomer known for his contributions to He wrotemany articles, and a biography Carl Frederick Gauss Titan of Science.
http://www.answers.com/topic/carl-friedrich-gauss

Extractions: showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Scientist Dictionary Encyclopedia WordNet Wikipedia Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Carl Friedrich Gauss Scientist Gauss, (Johann) Karl Friedrich (Johann) Karl Friedrich Gauss Library of Congress [b. Braunschweig, Germany, April 30, 1777, d. G¶ttingen, Germany, February 23 1855] Gauss is ranked with Archimedes and Newton as the greatest of mathematicians. At age 19 he constructed a regular polygon with 17 sides, the first major new construction since Greek times. In 1799 he provided the first proof that all equations formed by setting a polynomial equal to zero have a solution, the fundamental theorem of algebra. In 1801 he completely restructured number theory. An interest in surveying led to his 1827 theory that mathematically describes properties of surfaces. The asteroid Ceres was discovered in 1801, but astronomers soon lost the location of the dim body. Gauss invented a way to calculate the path of a planet from a few observations. When Ceres was found exactly where he predicted, his fame was ensured. Gauss was the first to establish a non-Euclidean geometry but he did not publish it. Other mathematicians soon rediscovered it. Gauss similarly discovered much of advanced calculus but failed to publish his results. It is said that his discoveries would have advanced mathematics by 50 years if announced when made. Gauss also studied Earth's magnetic field. He and a collaborator built a working telegraph more than a decade earlier than the 1843 system of Samuel F.B. Morse.
Math History Links
These biographies are brief, but have some valuable information. Mathematicianof the Day highlights the careers of those mathematicians born on the day
http://www.math.wichita.edu/~pparker/classes/histlnks.htm

Extractions: Timeline ... Some Earliest Uses of Math Symbols (D.R. Campbell, D.J. Finney, D.E. Smith Fall '97) See also Some Earliest Uses of Math Words Mathematical Quotation Server This site is a well organized collection of mathematical quotations, plus original source information, that is easily accessible and provides interesting reading for either the novice or expert mathematician. The collection, arranged alphabetically by author's last name, can be accessed by three different methods. The keyword search allows the user to submit a keyword or author's name to be searched for in the collection. The alphabetical search can be done using the author's last name and going directly to that letter in the alphabet. The user may also opt for the random mathematical quotation generator to display random individual quotes from the collection. This site contains quotes from famous people, from Malcolm X to Woody Allen. It contains a lot of neat quotes that can apply anywhere. The website could be useful in obtaining an opening or closing epigram for a paper or for everyday use.
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
She was not ambitious to become a wellknown mathematician. Maria GaetanaAgnesi in Dictionary of Scientific Biography, edited by CCGillispie, Vol.
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/agnesi.htm

Extractions: Even though her contribution to mathematics are very important, Maria Gaetana Agnesi was not a typical famous mathematician. She led a quite simple life and she gave up mathematics very early. At first glance her life may seem to be boring, however, considering the circumstances in which she was raised, her accomplishments to mathematics are glorious. Enjoy! During the Middle Ages, under the influence of Christendom, many European countries were opposed to any form of higher education for females. Women were mostly deprived from the fundamental elements of education, such as reading and writing, claiming that these were a source of temptation and sin. For the most part, learning was confined to monasteries and nunneries which constituted the only opportunity for education open to girls during the Middle Ages. After the fall of Constantinople (today Istanbul), many scholars migrated to Rome, bringing Europe knowledge and critical thinking, which in turn gave rise to the Renaissance. However, except in Italy, the status of women throughout Europe changed very slowly. In Italy, however, where the Renaissance had its origin, women made their mark on the academic world. Intellectual women were admired by men, they were never ridiculed for being intellectual and educated. This attitude enabled Italian women to participate in arts, medicine, literature, and mathematics. Among many others, Maria Gaetana Agnesi was by far the most important and extraordinary figure in mathematics during the 18th century.
Famous Mathematicians Research Project
Objective To research a notable mathematician and discover his/her Check inBiography Section (92) for information on individual mathematicians.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/wjhs/mediactr/mathpathfinder/fammath/

Extractions: mathematics. Requirements: Report must include the following information: Dates of birth and death of mathematician Places of birth and death Additional biographical information (education, famous teachers, etc.) Most significant contribution(s) to the field of mathematics Relevance of contribution(s) to mathematics today.
ScienceDaily -- Browse Topics: Science/Math/Mathematicians/Directories
Math biographies Mathematicians are ones who have studied pi, have used pi intheir Indexes of biographies - biographies of famous mathematicians,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/directory/Science/Math/Mathematicians/Directories

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American Mathematical Monthly, The: Hilbert Challenge/The Honors Class: Hilbert'
The combination of biography and careful but general mathematical explanation isdifficult to carry off well for any mathematical writer.
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Extractions: ASA News ASEE Prism Academe African American Review ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Hilbert Challenge/The Honors Class: Hilbert's Problems and Their Solvers, The American Mathematical Monthly, The Jun/Jul 2003 by Nunemacher, Jeffrey L The book is organized by grouping the Hubert problems by area, with the most elaborate treatment devoted to subjects that can be made accessible to a general reader or to subjects worked on by particularly interesting mathematicians. There is less material about Hubert himself than is contained in Gray's book, and no critical opinions about Hubert are expressed. For instance, Hubert's removal of Brouwer from the Editorial Board of Mathematische Annalen is noted with no discussion of how this represented a dubious triumph for Hubert's formalism over Brouwer's intuitionism. There is the occasional mathematical error (for instance, turning an infinite series into a finite series on page 172), but overall the book is very carefully written and edited.
Noether_Emmy
Biography of Emmy Noether (18821935) Emmy Noether s father Max Noether wasa distinguished mathematician and a professor at Erlangen.
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Noether_Emmy.html

Extractions: Version for printing Emmy Noether 's father Max Noether was a distinguished mathematician and a professor at Erlangen. Her mother was Ida Kaufmann, from a wealthy Cologne family. Both Emmy's parents were of Jewish origin and Emmy was the eldest of their four children, the three younger children being boys. Blumenthal Hilbert Klein and Minkowski In 1904 Noether was permitted to matriculate at Erlangen and in 1907 was granted a doctorate after working under Paul Gordan Hilbert 's basis theorem of 1888 had given an existence result for finiteness of invariants in n variables. Gordan , however, took a constructive approach and looked at constructive methods to arrive at the same results. Noether's doctoral thesis followed this constructive approach of Gordan and listed systems of 331 covariant forms.
H-Net Review: Volker R. Remmert On Walther Von Dyck (1856-1934): Mathematik, Tec
Still, one may be allowed to ask what does this book offer the general reader? MathematiciansGermanyBiography. Purchasing through these links helps
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Astronomers Biography 16th century. Mathematicians Biography 16th Notes that SLAC offers free tours to the general public through prior
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Extractions: TITLE: Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906-1972). ( Type: World Wide Web Resource ) LINK: http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/sci/mgm.htm SUMMARY: Features American physicist Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906-1972), with information compiled by Zbigniew Zwolinski. Includes a biographical sketch, photographs, career highlights, and a list of recommended readings and related sites. LC SUBJECT: Mayer, Maria Gertrude (American physicist). Physicists Biography 20th century. TITLE: Shirley Ann Jackson. ( Type: World Wide Web Resource ) LINK: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/ SUMMARY: Profiles American theoretical physicist Shirley Ann Jackson (1946-), as part of a collection of biographies of African Americans in the Sciences, published by the Chemistry Library of Louisiana State University. Includes career highlights and a bibliography. LC SUBJECT: Jackson, Shirley Ann (American physicist). Physicists Biography 20th century. Women in science. Afro-American women.
Einstein
Biography of Albert Einstein (18791955) (Click a link below for the fulllist of mathematicians honoured in this way). Nobel Prize, Awarded 1921
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Einstein.html

Extractions: Version for printing Around 1886 Albert Einstein began his school career in Munich. As well as his violin lessons, which he had from age six to age thirteen, he also had religious education at home where he was taught Judaism. Two years later he entered the Luitpold Gymnasium and after this his religious education was given at school. He studied mathematics, in particular the calculus, beginning around 1891. Following the failing of the entrance exam to the ETH, Einstein attended secondary school at Aarau planning to use this route to enter the ETH in Zurich. While at Aarau he wrote an essay (for which was only given a little above half marks!) in which he wrote of his plans for the future, see [13]:- If I were to have the good fortune to pass my examinations, I would go to Zurich. I would stay there for four years in order to study mathematics and physics. I imagine myself becoming a teacher in those branches of the natural sciences, choosing the theoretical part of them. Here are the reasons which lead me to this plan. Above all, it is my disposition for abstract and mathematical thought, and my lack of imagination and practical ability. Indeed Einstein succeeded with his plan graduating in 1900 as a teacher of mathematics and physics. One of his friends at ETH was Marcel
MSU Libraries Subject Guide No.44-- Famous Mathematicians
mathematiciansbiography. womenmathematiciansbiography Some of the moregeneral electronic databases can be used to find articles on mathematicians
http://www.lib.msu.edu/flynnhol/history.htm

Extractions: FAMOUS MATHEMATICIANS MSU Libraries Subject Guide Series No. 44 Information on famous mathematicians and their contributions to mathematics can be found both in the Mathematics Library, located in D101 Wells Hall, and in the Main Library. Some of the better sources in the Mathematics Library have been placed on Math Library Reference in order to make them available to all. These sources can be checked out for two hours or photocopied. Some of the these reference books, particularly those on the history of mathematics, may be temporarily located in Math Library Reserve. Check MAGIC, the MSU Libraries online catalog, for the current location. The Biographical Dictionary of Mathematicians, located in Math Library Reference (QA 28 .B534 1991), may be especially useful both for its extensive coverage of selected mathematicians and for the topical essays on mathematics in early civilizations, e.g. Mesopotamia. Keep in mind that the spelling or names of early mathematicians may vary. For example, the Arab mathematician, Al-Khowarizmi, can also be found under Al-Khwarizmi, or Al-jabr, or Mohammed; his name may be indexed under A, K, or M. Leonardo of Pisa is also known as Fibonacci. To locate books on famous mathematicians, use MAGIC. You can start with a keyword or subject search of the mathematician's name.
Birkhoff_Garrett
Biography of Garrett Birkhoff (19111996) Garrett s father, GD Birkhoff,advised him to study mathematical physics and Garrett took undergraduate
http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Birkhoff_Garrett.h

Extractions: Version for printing Garrett Birkhoff 's father was G D Birkhoff who also has a biography in this archive. Garrett was educated at home until he was eight years old when he began to attend school. This first school was a public grammar school (public school here is the American meaning so is the opposite of a private school) which he attended for three years then, rather than enter high school at this young age, he spent a year enjoying himself playing sports and maturing before entering Browne and Nichols school at the age of twelve. Unlike his first school, Browne and Nichols was a private school. At Browne and Nichols high school he had an excellent mathematics teacher in Harry Gaylord who had written a textbook with . Again, as at his primary school, Garrett progressed very rapidly and despite going to Europe with his parents during his third year of study he was still ready to take the examinations a year early. His parents had encouraged him to do this because they were going on a major year long tour and so, after passing the examinations, Garrett attended a boarding school at Lake Placid for a year, spending much time on sport, before he entered Harvard University in 1928.
History Of Mathematics
Women mathematicians. Broad headings may be subdivided, eg,. Women mathematicians Biography. Research Databases Licensed by the Library. (Off-campus?)
http://www-pub.naz.edu:9000/~jburr0/Math_history_Ames_Lewis.htm

Extractions: The Lorette Wilmot Library at Nazareth College History of Mathematics Dr. Heather Ames-Lewis Link back to Library Instruction Resources Dewey Numbers for Browsing: 510's (Especially 510.092; 510.92) Books in the 510's that may be checked out are located on the Main Floor on the west side of the building (facing the Shults Center). Reference books are also shelved on the Main Floor, near the Library Instruction Room. Reference Books in the 500s Recommended as a starting point: The Dictionary of Scientific Biography , Reference 500.092 Dic Also of interest: American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary , Reference 509.2273 Bai , Reference 509.22 Asi A list of individuals profiled in the volume begins on page xvii. The numbers in brackets are entry numbers, not page numbers. Blacks in Science and Medicine , Reference 509.22 Sam A list of mathematicians profiled in the volume can be found on page 281. Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science , Reference 509.17427 Enc

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