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Grace Chisholm Young (née Chisholm, 15 March 1868 – 29 March 1944) was an English mathematician. She was educated at Girton College, Cambridge , England and continued her studies at Göttingen University in Germany, where in 1895 she received a doctorate. [ 1 ]
The book is aimed at a young audience, [5] with many images and few mathematical details. [3] [5] Nevertheless, each biography is accompanied by a general-audience introduction to the subject's mathematical work, [4] and beyond images of the women profiled, the book includes many mathematical illustrations and historical images that bring to life these contributions.
Phyllis Chinn (born 1941), American graph theorist and historian of mathematics; Grace Chisholm Young (1868–1944), English mathematician, first woman to receive a German doctorate; Sonya Christian, Indian mathematician and American community college administrator; YoungJu Choie (born 1959), Korean number theorist
Numberphile is an educational YouTube channel featuring videos that explore topics from a variety of fields of mathematics. [2] [3] In the early days of the channel, each video focused on a specific number, but the channel has since expanded its scope, [4] featuring videos on more advanced mathematical concepts such as Fermat's Last Theorem, the Riemann hypothesis [5] and Kruskal's tree ...
In 1987, she was named full professor at the University of Nebraska; at the time Wiegand was the only female professor in the department. [1] In 1988, Sylvia headed a search committee for two new jobs in the math department, for which two women were hired, although one stayed only a year and another left after four years. [4]
Girl math is just the latest in a long line of “girl” trends, from this year’s “girl dinner” and “lazy girl jobs,” to last year’s “hot girl walks” and “hot girl summers ...
"I knew coming into my first year I wanted to do something special and something different, so I decided, 'Let's run with the Eagles,'" Kiley told "Good Morning America.". Teacher uses pop songs ...
Laurence Chisholm Young (14 July 1905 – 24 December 2000) was a British mathematician known for his contributions to measure theory, the calculus of variations, optimal control theory, and potential theory. He was the son of William Henry Young and Grace Chisholm Young, both prominent mathematicians. He moved to the US in 1949 but never ...