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Famous Mathematician Project

This project requires students to research and creatively represent information about a famous mathematician from history. Students must choose one mathematician from the provided list, and include in their project: a photograph or drawing of the mathematician, vital statistics, three historic events from their lifetime, their education, marital status, occupations, three mathematical contributions, two interesting life events, and an attributed quote. The creative representation can take the form of a brochure, mobile, tombstone, shoebox diorama, or other pre-approved idea. The project is due on May 27-28, 2014.

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Famous Mathematician Project

This project requires students to research and creatively represent information about a famous mathematician from history. Students must choose one mathematician from the provided list, and include in their project: a photograph or drawing of the mathematician, vital statistics, three historic events from their lifetime, their education, marital status, occupations, three mathematical contributions, two interesting life events, and an attributed quote. The creative representation can take the form of a brochure, mobile, tombstone, shoebox diorama, or other pre-approved idea. The project is due on May 27-28, 2014.

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Famous Mathematician Project

This project will give you an introduction to the history of mathematics. Gaining a better
understanding of how the mathematics that you study today first originated will help you develop an
appreciation for and better understanding of the subject as a whole.

You will pick a famous mathematician and make a creative representation of information about your
mathematician. You can create one of the following:

* create a detailed 3-fold brochure with all 6 columns utilized

*Create a detailed hanging mobile that tells the story of the mathematician’s life.

*create a detailed tombstone for your mathematician

*create a shoebox diorama

*come up with another idea and get it approved

You must include all of the following (come see me if you have issues before the project is due):

 Photograph or Drawing of your Mathematician

 Vital Statistics: name, lifespan, birthplace, age at death

 Three historic world events that occurred during his/her life

 Education

 Marital and Family Status

 Occupations

 Three Contributions to Mathematics

 Two interesting events from his/her life

 Quote Attributed to Your Mathematician

***YOU MUST GET YOUR PROJECT IDEA AND MATHEMATICIAN APPROVED BEFORE YOU
START YOUR PROJECT!!!!!

Project Due: May 27-28, 2014


Famous Mathematicians

Archimedes Nicolo Tartaglia


Sophie Germain Gottfried Leibniz
Rene Descartes Thales
Leonardo Fibonacci John Napier
Blaise Pascal John Vann
Pythagoras Galileo Galilei
Charles Babbage Francois Viete
Augustin-Louis Cauchy Evariste Galois
Albert Einstein Amalie Emmy Noether
Joseph Fourier John Wallis
Carl Gauss Sofia Kovalevskaya
David Hilbert Ada Lovelace
Pierre Simon de La Place Benjamin Banneker
Sir Isaac Newton
George Stokes
Alan Turing
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Pierre De Fermat
Bernhard Riemann
Girolamo Cardano
James Gregory
Ptolemy
Bonaventura Cavalieri
Hypatia
Johannes Kepler
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Euclid
Simon Stevin
Leonhard Euler

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