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Pythagoras (Greek) Born about 530 BC. .Pythagorean theorem, golden ratio...

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 !

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Pythagoras (Greek) Born about 530 BC. .Pythagorean theorem, golden ratio...

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  1. Pythagoras (Greek) Born about 530 BC. .Pythagorean theorem, golden ratio... .Led a religious cult worshipping numbers. .Vegetarians, w/o beans.

  2. 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.

  3. Hypatia (Alexandria, Egypt) • Born about 370 AD. • First documented female mathematician. • Preserved Euclid's works. • Was horribly murdered…

  4. 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...

  5. 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…

  6. 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.

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