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• Pythagoras (Greek)
• Born about 530 BC.
• .Pythagorean theorem, golden ratio...
• .Led a religious cult worshipping numbers.
• .Vegetarians, w/o beans.
• Euclid (Greek)• Born about 325
BC.• Wrote the book
The Elements.• This is pretty
much our current geometry textbook!
• We call him the Father of Geometry.
• Hypatia (Alexandria, Egypt)
• Born about 370 AD.• First documented
female mathematician.
• Preserved Euclid's works.
• Was horribly murdered…
John Napier (Scottish, 1550-1617)*Invented logarithms!*Predicted machine guns, submarines, and tanks*Believed the world would end between 1688-1700*Tried to prove the Pope was the Antichrist*Many thought he may be mentally unbalanced...
Sir Isaak Newton (1642-1727, England)• Science & Math• Developed calculus in 1660’s but didn’t
publish until much later• Usually given more credit for developing
calculus• Fig Newtons…
Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716, Germany)• Philosophy, literature, politics, & math• Developed calculus in the 1670’s and
published it right away• We use Leibniz’s notations today (differentials)• Choco-Leibniz cookie biscuits…
Sonya Kovalevski(1850-1891, Russian)
• Was equally talented in math and literature (published novels, plays, and poetry)
• Taught herself trig by inventing it …
• Teacher, loved by her students• Doctorate degree at age 24.
• Mixed calculus and physics• Lived a bit of a scandalous life, died
at age 41.