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Mathematicians
 Websites presented in alphabetical order AlanTuring.net: The Turing Archive for the History of Computing 
 Alan Turing (1912-1954) "contributed to mathematics, cryptanalysis, logic, philosophy, biology, and formatively to computer science, cognitive science, Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life." This site presents a "collection of digital facsimiles of original documents by Turing and other pioneers of computing." Includes a biography and photographs of Turing, articles browsable by subject and year, and reference materials covering the Turing machine, Turing's involvement in deciphering Hitler’s "Enigma" code, his persecution for being homosexual, and more. http://www.alanturing.net/ Topics: Computers, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People, History By Place, Mathematics, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Technology Last updated Sep 29, 2004 Albert Einstein Online
This site is a large list of links to sites devoted to Einstein. These cover such topics as his life, quotes, and photographs as well as detailed information on his work. There are quite a few dead and moved links. http://www.westegg.com/einstein/ Topics: Notable People, Physics Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Biographical information on more than 125 women mathematicians. The biographies, which vary in size, are indexed alphabetically by name and chronologically by century of the mathematician's birth. All biographies are fully referenced. Only a few are accompanied by a picture. The site is part of an ongoing project by mathematics students at Agnes Scott College, in Atlanta, Georgia. Searchable. http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm Topics: Mathematics, Notable People, Notable People: Women Last updated Oct 4, 2004 A Brilliant Madness
Site provides a biographical portrait of Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Nash. Includes suggestions for further reading, an overview of game theory, excerpts from an in-depth interview with Nash, timeline on the history of treating mental illness, and a teacher's guide. April 28, 2002 is the first airing of this program, a part of the PBS television series American Experience . http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/nash/ Topics: Disabilities, Economics, Games & Puzzles, Mathematics, Mental Conditions, Notable People Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Einstein
This online version of an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, highlights the life, scientific discoveries, and humanitarian activities of Albert Einstein. http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/ Topics: Mathematics, Notable People, Physics Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Einstein and Yeshiva University: "Love For the Spiritual and the Moral"
This online exhibit traces Albert Einstein's relationship with Yeshiva University (New York) from 1933 through 1955. "Einstein agreed in 1953 for the first and only time in his life to lend his name to an institution of higher education: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the medical school of Yeshiva University." Contains a written history, photographs, and a timeline. From Yeshiva University Libraries. http://www.yu.edu/libraries/digital_library/einstein/ Topics: Mathematics, Notable People, Physics Last updated Feb 18, 2006 Euclid of Alexandria
Biography and contributions of "the most prominent mathematician of antiquity" and author of the classical treatise "The Elements." Includes a bibliography, cross-references to related topics, and a list of "Mathematicians born in the same country." http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Euclid.html Topics: Mathematics, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People Last updated Mar 30, 2005 The Fox Talbot Museum
William Henry Fox Talbot was a philosopher, classicist, Egyptologist, mathematician, philologist, and physicist but he is best known as the inventor of the positive/negative photographic process. This site includes a brief biography and a description of his work. There is also information about the museum at Lacock Abbey, in Wiltshire, England. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-lacockabbeyvillage/w-lacockabbeyvillage-talbotmuseum.htm Topics: Notable People, Science, Science, Technology Last updated Aug 12, 2008 Galileo Galilei's Notes on Motion
Galileo's manuscript Ms. Gal. 72 is important for the study of the transition from Aristotelian to classical physics. This electronic publication contains notes, calculations, drawings, and drafts related to theorems and problems on motion and mechanics covering more than 40 years and eventually published in his final work on mechanics, the "Discorsi" of 1638. Included are English translations of the Propositions of the "Discorsi." http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/Galileo_Prototype/ Topics: Mathematics, Notable People, Physics Last updated May 24, 2005 The Galileo Project
This site looks at the life and works of Galileo Galilei, mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. Features a biography, including patrons, theories, and inventions; timelines; portraits of Galileo and other scientists; brief biographies of his contemporaries; figures in the Catholic Church that played a role in the Inquisition; a glossary, bibliography, maps, lesson plans, and related links. Searchable. From Rice University, Houston, Texas. http://galileo.rice.edu/ Topics: Christianity, History By Place, Lesson Plans, Mathematics, Notable People, Physics Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
Companion site to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Nova program that explores Galileo’s struggles to convince church authorities of the validity of his scientific discoveries. Also features a brief chronology of his life; articles on his experiments; an interactive section explaining his theories on falling objects, incline planes, and more; a directory of external links; a bibliography; and a teacher’s guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/galileo/ Topics: Mathematics, Notable People, Physics Last updated Jan 4, 2009 Grace Murray Brewster Hopper
Web page with links to pictures, a poster, and other sites of interest on this first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics from Yale. She led the charge to create the COBOL computer programming language, coined the term computer "bug," developed the first computer compiler, and received the first Computer Sciences "Man of the Year" award. Computer pioneer, teacher, and visionary, Rear Admiral Hopper was a "diminutive fire storm of a human being." http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Hopper.html Topics: Computers, Computers, Notable People Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Infinite Secrets
This companion to a PBS NOVA program concerns a mathematical treatise by Archimedes thought to have been lost but now recently discovered as a palimpsest ("a manuscript with a layer of text written over an earlier scraped- or washed-off text"). Features a history of the manuscript, information about the technology used to read the erased text, and essays about great surviving manuscripts, contemplating infinity, and approximating Pi. Also includes library and teacher guides. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/archimedes/ Topics: Mathematics, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People Last updated Oct 2, 2004 The Lehmers at Berkeley
This online exhibit profiles mathematicians Derrick Norman Lehmer, Derrick Henry Lehmer, and Emma Trotskaia Lehmer, known for research in number theory, computational mathematics, and Fermat's Last Theorem. Features photographs, notes, covers of publications, and letters. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/Math/ Topics: Correspondence, Mathematics, Notable People, Photograph Collections Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Mathematics Genealogy Project
"The intent of this project is to compile information about all the mathematicians of the world. ... [The goal is] to list all individuals who have received a doctorate in mathematics." Depending on the data available, listings include institution and date the individual earned a Ph.D, dissertation title, advisers, and "descendants" (students the mathematician has advised). From the the North Dakota State University Department of Mathematics, in association with the American Mathematical Society. http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu Topics: Mathematics, Notable People Last updated Feb 20, 2008 Origami Mathematics
Information on the mathematics of paper-folding, including the geometry and origami axioms formulated by Italian-Japanese mathematician Humiaki Huzita. The section "Five Intersecting Tetrahedra" presents construction instructions and other types of models. "Notes for an Origami/Combinatorial Geometry Course" (a course offered at Merrimack College, North Andover, Massechusetts), a gallery, and annotated links are also provided. http://kahuna.merrimack.edu/~thull/origamimath.html Topics: Crafts, Mathematics, Notable People Last updated Jun 9, 2008 Polyhedra
Integrating art and mathematics, George W. Hart displays exquisite images of his polyhedral sculptures created from a variety of materials. The site includes an encyclopedia of polyhedra (three-dimensional objects formed by linking together triangles, squares, hexagons, and other polygons); extracts from the author's geometry books; ideas for classroom activities; an extensive, annotated bibliography; and numerous links to other polyhedra sites. http://www.georgehart.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Mathematics, Notable People Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Statisticians in History
"Here you will find biographies on some of the most accomplished statisticians in history. Also featured are papers written by some of these statisticians." Covers individuals such as Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace, "one of the most picturesque characters in computer history," and Florence Nightingale, who was a math tutor before she became a nurse and who "invented colorful polar-area diagrams to dramatize medical data." From the American Statistical Association. http://www.amstat.org/about/statisticiansinhistory/index.cfm?fuseaction=main Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 17, 2009 |
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