Can you name the Famous Female Mathematicians?

created by davegabis
  • Enter a female mathematician (last names acceptable) in the box below
  • Correctly named female mathematicians will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Source: Female Mathematician Biographies
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HintWomanNationality
Important early twentieth-century algebraist and mathematical physicistGerman
Did work in astronomy and mathematical physicsScottish
Translated the Principia Mathematica into French; lover of VoltaireFrench
Studied number theory, corresponded with GaussFrench
Word's first computer programmer, before computers had been inventedEnglish
First European woman to hold a university chair in mathematicsRussian
Her 'witch' curve is actually a mistranslation of 'turning curve'Italian
Nurse and statisticianEnglish
Student of G.H. Hardy, first woman president of the London Mathematical SocietyEnglish
20th century pioneer computer programmerAmerican
Sometimes described as the first woman mathematicianGreek
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Famous Female Mathematicians Quiz

  1. by davegabis
  • Created Jan 31, 2010 in Science
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