Top : Kids and Teens : School Time : Math :
Mathematicians
Categories
| Archimedes Descartes, René Euclid Hypatia Pythagoras |
Websites
Features brief biographies for most important mathematicians in history.
site exerpt
Indexes of Biographies Click below to go to either an alphabetical or chronological index. Full indexes are available, but these files are quite large (about 100K Alphabetical indexes A B C D E F G H IJ K L M N O PQ...Just like baseball cards, but with short profiles of mathematicians.
http://www.mathcards.com/
Timeline summarizes the achievements of African-Americans. Includes links to short biographies.
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/madhist.html
Several interviews with famous mathematicians, compiled by honors math students from Ward Melville High School.
http://www.3villagecsd.k12.ny.us...nts/Math/OBrien/mathmarvels.html
Information about women who have made important contributions to mathematics.
site exerpt
Women Mathematicians Welcome to the web page for biographies of women in mathematics. These pages are part of an on-going project at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the numerous achievements of women in the field of mathematics. There are...Short quiz introduces great minds from ancient times through the modern day.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/MathQuiz/
Student-written history of mathematics includes short biographies of individuals responsible for a few of the most significant discoveries.
http://library.thinkquest.org/4116/History/history.htm
Short biographies of men and women whose contributions to math and science have changed the world. Search by name, alphabetically, or by partial name.
http://www.allmath.com/biography.php