Mathematicians Are People, Too: Stories from the Lives of Great Mathematicians
by Dale Seymour Publications Author, Luetta Reimer Author
(From Amazon): Stories in Volume One focus on moments of mathematical discovery experienced by Thales, Pythagoras, Hypatia, Galileo, Pascal, Germain, and still others. Volume Two dramatizes the lives of Omar Khayyam, Albert Einstein, Ada Lovelace, and others. 15 illustrated vignettes per book introduce students to great mathematicians from various cultures. Grades 3-7 Volume One
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0866515097
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 17
- Pages
- 143
- Suggested Grades
- 4th - 8th
- Publisher
- DALE SEYMOUR PUBLICATIONS
- Edition
- 0
- Copyright
- 1994
Chapters
- x Introduction and suggestions for teachers p.iv-v
- y Introduction for students p.vi-vii
- 1 THALES - Pyramids, olives, and donkeys p.1-8
- 2 PYTHAGORAS - The teacher who paid his student p.9-18
- 3 ARCHIMEDES - The man who concentrated too hard p.19-28
- 4 HYPATIA - A woman of courage p.29-36
- 5 JOHN NAPIER - Magician or mathematician? p.37-44
- 6 GALILEO GALILEI - Seeing isn't believing p.45-52
- 7 BLAISE PASCAL - Count on Pascal p.53-62
- 8 ISAAC NEWTON - The short giant p.63-72
- 9 LEONHARD EULER - The blind man who could see p.73-82
- 10 JOSEPH LOUIS LAGRANGE - The professor who did not know p.83-90
- 11 SOPHIE GERMAIN - Mathematics at midnight p.91-98
- 12 CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS - The teacher who learned a lesson p.99-106
- 13 EVARISTE GALOIS - "Don't let my life be wasted!" p.107-114
- 14 EMMY NOETHER - Life on an obstacle course p.115-122
- 15 SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN - Numbers were his greatest treasure p.123-132
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