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
Student of G.H. Hardy, first woman president of the London Mathematical SocietyEnglish
Did work in astronomy and mathematical physicsScottish
Important early twentieth-century algebraist and mathematical physicistGerman
Word's first computer programmer, before computers had been inventedEnglish
Studied number theory, corresponded with GaussFrench
Translated the Principia Mathematica into French; lover of VoltaireFrench
Her 'witch' curve is actually a mistranslation of 'turning curve'Italian
First European woman to hold a university chair in mathematicsRussian
Nurse and statisticianEnglish
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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