Mathematicians Are People, Too: Stories from the Lives of Great Mathematicians, Vol. 2
by Luetta Reimer Author
(From Amazon): Volume One focuses on moments of mathematical discovery experienced by Thales, Pythagoras, Hypatia, Galileo, Pascal, and others. Volume Two dramatizes the lives of Omar Khayyam, Albert Einstein, Ada Lovelace, and others.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0866518231
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 17
- Pages
- 144
- Suggested Grades
- 4th - 8th
- Publisher
- Dale Seymour Publications
- Copyright
- 1995
Chapters
- x Introduction and suggestions for teachers p.iv-v
- y Introduction for students p.vi-vii
- 1 EUCLID - There's only one road p.1-8
- 2 OMAR KHAYYAM - A fortune shared p.9-16
- 3 LEONARD OF PISA (FIBONACCI) - Lean on the blockhead p.17-24
- 4 GIROLAMO CARDANO - The conceited hypochondriac p.25-34
- 5 RENÉ DECARTES - The stay-in-bed scholar p.35-44
- 6 PIERRE DE FERMAT - An amateur becomes a prince p.45-52
- 7 MARIA AGNESI - The gift of sympathy p.53-62
- 8 BENJAMIN BANNEKER -The shy sky watcher p.63-72
- 9 CHARLES BABBAGE - The computer's grandfather p.73-80
- 10 MARY SOMERVILLE - The mystery of x and y p.81-90
- 11 NEILS ABEL - The overlooked genius p.91-100
- 12 ADA LOVELACE - Conducting the computer symphony p.101-108
- 13 SONYA KOVALEVSKY - The lessons on the wall p.109-118
- 14 ALBERT EINSTEIN - The compass points the way p.119-126
- 15 GEORGE PÓLYA - The master problem solver p.127-134
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