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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.
Her fellow student Grace Chisholm also earned a First Class degree in the same Mathematical Tripos examinations. Isabel Maddison, c. 1900 On completing her studies at Cambridge, Maddison was awarded a scholarship which enabled her to spend the year 1892–93 at Bryn Mawr College in the US.
This is a list of women who have made noteworthy contributions to or achievements in mathematics. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] These include mathematical research, mathematics education , [ 1 ] : xii the history and philosophy of mathematics, public outreach, and mathematics contests .
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And in their own textbook on geometry using paper-folding exercises, The First Book of Geometry (1905), Grace Chisholm Young and William Henry Young heavily criticized Geometric Exercises in Paper Folding, writing that it is "too difficult for a child, and too infantile for a grown person". [10]
C. Neil J. Calkin; Jessie Forbes Cameron; Harry Campion; Frances Cave-Browne-Cave; Peter Chadwick (mathematician) D. G. Champernowne; Sydney Chapman (mathematician)