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3 famous mathematics .

Learn about the lives and contributions of famous mathematicians George Boole, Isaac Newton, and Mary Cartwright. From Boolean algebra to calculus and Cartwright's theorem, explore their extraordinary achievements.

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3 famous mathematics .

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  1. 3 famous mathematics. Cassie Mcpherson 3rd period May 2, 2013

  2. George Boole

  3. George Boole • George was a famous Mathematician, Philosopher, and Logician. • He was born in November 02, 1815. • He was born in Lincolnshire, England • He died on December 08,1864 • Married Mary Everest.

  4. George boole • Boole set up his own school in 1834 in Lincoln • In order for George to offer education to the poor people, he also served for the mechanics institute. • In 1840 he returned to Lincoln to operate a boarding schools. • In 1854, he worked on the algebra of logic which is better known as Boolean algebra, He introduced general symbolic method of logical inference the ‘ Laws of Thought” Published in the same year.

  5. Issac Newton

  6. Isaac Newton • Born: January 4, 1643 • Death: March 31, 1727 • Full name: Sir Isaac Newton • Born In Woolsthorpe, England.

  7. Issac newton • Newton went to Kings School in Grantham, a town in Lincolnshire, where he lodged with a local apothecary and was introduced to the fascinating world of chemistry. • His mother pulled him out of school, she wanted him to be a farmer, but that plan failed miserably. • He soon returned to school.

  8. Issac newton • At the age 22. on leave from the university, he began revolutionary advances in mathematics, optics, dynamics, thermodynamics, acoustics and celestial mechanics. • Newton is regarded as the father of calculus which he called fluxions.

  9. Issac newton • Newton was a difficult man, prone to depression and involved in bitter arguments with scientist. • In october 1665, a plague epidemic forced the university to close and newton returned to Woolsthrope. The two years he spent there was and awful time, gravity and devoted his time to optics and mathematics, working out his ideas about calculus.

  10. Mary cartwright

  11. Mary Cartwright • Born: December 17th 1900 • Died: April 3 1998 • Known For: Cartwright’s theorem

  12. Mary Cartwright • She studied mathematics at St hugh’s College. • She graduated in 1923 with a first class degree. • She was the first woman to attain the final degree lectures an to obtain a first.

  13. Mary Cartwright • In 1903 Cart Wright was awarded a Yarrow Research Fellowship and she went to Girton college, to continue working on her doctoral studies. • Her theorem, now know ad Cartwrights theorem, gives an estimate for the maximum modulus of an analytic function.

  14. Mary Cartwright • She was the first woman to receive the Sylvester Medal. • To serve on Council for Royal Society • To be president of the London Mathematical Society.

  15. Sources. • Fabpedigree.com Wikipedia Google

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