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Douglas Arthur Quadling (1926–2015) was an English mathematician, school master and educationalist who was one of the four drivers behind the School Mathematics Project (SMP) in the 1960s and 70s. Life
Dudley Weldon Woodard (October 3, 1881 – July 1, 1965) was a Galveston-born American mathematician and professor, and the second African-American to earn a PhD in mathematics; the first was Woodard's mentor Elbert Frank Cox, who earned a PhD from Cornell in 1925).
Norman Levinson (August 11, 1912 in Lynn, Massachusetts – October 10, 1975 in Boston) was an American mathematician. Some of his major contributions were in the study of Fourier transforms, complex analysis, non-linear differential equations, number theory, and signal processing. He worked closely with Norbert Wiener in his early career.
The History of the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM): The First Thirty (30) Years, 1969–1999. NAM. [12] Kenschaft, Patricia Clark (2005). Change is possible: Stories of women and minorities in mathematics. [212] Lang, Mozell P. Contributions of African American scientists and mathematicians. Harcourt School Publishers. [213]
Films where one or more of the members of the main cast is a mathematician: 21 Grams (2003) – An accident changes many lives, including that of a critically ill mathematics professor . Antonia's Line (1995) – A genealogical "line" of five generations of women includes a child prodigy, Thérèse, who grows up to be a mathematician.
An upcoming book and movie both entitled Hidden Figures tell the story of NASA's female African-American mathematicians back in the 1960's. Johnson was one of those women who served as the space ...
Learn what mathematicians do on a daily basis, where they work, how much they earn, and more. The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive Archived 2019-11-14 at the Wayback Machine. A comprehensive list of detailed biographies. The Mathematics Genealogy Project Archived 2009-02-19 at the Wayback Machine. Allows scholars to follow the succession ...
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