Ada Lovelace, a famous female mathematician, wrote the first published computer program. She was a computing visionary. She figured out that computers could do more than calculate. Her parents were very intelligent. Ada’s mother, Anne Isabella Milbanke, was wealthy and privately tutored. Ada’s father, was brilliant, but a notorious poet, known as Lord Byron. Ada got her smarts from her parents. Anne was not particularly excited when she found out she was pregnant. Ada was born on December 10, 1815. A few weeks after Ada was born, Anne split up with Byron. Ada was born as Augusta Ada King Noel. Byron left England, never to come back. When Ada was eight, Byron died. He was fighting in Greece for their independence. Byron was known
Amalie Emmy Noether was a great and noble mathematician to be a woman, a Jew, living in the 19th and 20th century. She was described by Pavel Alexandrov, Albert Einstein, Jean Dieudonné, Hermann Weyl, and Norbert Wiener as one of the greatest women in mathematics history. Amalie Emmy Noether was born in Erlangen, Germany, April 15, 1882. She was born as Amalie Emmy Noether but was known as “Emmy”. Emmy was born to Ida Amalia Kaufmann and Max Noether, and was a Jew living in Germany. When Max Noether, who was Emmy Noether’s father, was 14, he was diagnosed with Polio and was paralyzed from the disease. Which probably affected her childhood. Her father was also a mathematician. She had three brothers, Fritz Noether, Alfred Noether, and Gustav Robert Noether, but Emmy was the oldest.
Grace Murray Hopper was born December 9, 1906 and died January 1, 1992. In her life time she was able to make many remarkable advances in computer programing. She was an American computer scientist. At Vassar College Hopper received her BA in mathematics and physics. She then continued her studies at Yale University where she had earned her MA and PhD. Hopper was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer in 1944. She served for the United States Navy Reserve for a little bit, then she returned picking up on a project called, Bureau of Ordnance Computation Project at Harvard University. In 1949 she had joined the Eckert-Mauchy Computer Corporation where she began the first large scale electronic digital computer known as,
Marjorie was the mathematician that set up an electronic digital computer in North Carolina College. It was one of the first of its kind at a minority college. She was both a mathematician and an educator. This computer helped advance technology in schools. It also helped her win awards.
Williams, 2003 Before leaving Harvard, she authored a Manual of Operations for the Automatic Sequence-Controlled Calculator. The 500-page manual outlined the fundamental principles for operating computing machines. She also successfully described the first computer bug. Vincent Hopper, her husband, perished serving the U.S. military in 1945.National Women’s History Museum,
He was now focusing on designing an “Analytic Engine”, which would be a machine that could perform calculations without user input. Ada immediately grasped the potential significance of such a machine and impressed Babbage with her ideas on the concept of a calculating engine. Her friend, Sophia Frend, later wrote, “Miss Byron, young as she was, understood its working, and saw the great beauty of the invention” (Toole 51). Ada requested that Babbage send her the blueprints for the machine so that she could further understand it. This was the beginning of a long intellectual relationship between the two and they would continue to correspond and collaborate for the next nine years. However, her mother disagreed with Babbage’s metaphysical views on mathematics and “preferred that Ada be grounded in what she considered the facts” (Toole 52). Despite this, Ada continued to meet and write with Baggage. She would go against her mother’s wishes by deciding to “not destroy her imagination but use it in her own way” (Toole 53). Ada’s work no longer focused on studying what had already been learned, but instead imagined new
Sophie Germain was a famous French mathematician. She was born on April 1, 1776 in Paris, France to very wealthy parents. Although her family was wealthy, they never allowed Sophie to study or receive an education. At that time, educating women was frowned upon and perceived as “dangerous”. Despite these beliefs, Sophie was determined to teach herself mathematics(Agnes Scott) . She did this by secretly reading math books in the night from her father’s library. Eventually, Sophie’s parents realized she would never give up on learning and finally allowed her to receive an education with the help of a tutor. Later on, at the age of 18, she was able to enroll in an academy of science and mathematics. She especially
Florence Nightingale had a big impact on the math world. We still use what she contributed today in the medical field and in the classroom. She not only made an impact in the math world but also for women’s rights and in the medical field during the Crimean War. Florence had an interesting early life, from begging her parents to study math to choosing to become a nurse. She is an example of how you should never give up on your dreams and how you should not let other people tell you what you can and cannot do.
In May 16, 1718 a very important and smart person was born, this person was Maria Agnesi. She was born in Milan, Italy. She grew up in a wealthy family and her father was a mathematics professor. She had very many tutors and became very smart at a young age. Maria Agnesi was a very successful mathematician and Philosopher. Agnesi Died on January 9, 1799.
We have been assigned an extra credit math project to create a paper on a famous mathematician. My first thought was what man should I choose. After all, aren’t all great mathematicians men? Well, I have decided to research and find a great female mathematician. I have selected Amalie Emmy Noether. I have chosen Amalie Emmy Noether to show everyone that a famous mathematician can be a lady. Today we won’t do everything by the numbers, instead we will meet Ms. Amalie Emmy Noether, famous mathematician.
Maria Agnesi, the daughter and the eldest of 23 children of Pietro Agnesi was born in Italy on May 16, 1718, and died in 1799. She was born in a wealthy family so her father could afford the best of tutors for his daughter. Her field of study in mathematics was in Calculus (Riddle, n.d.). She was known as a child prodigy and by the age of nine, she could speak several languages. Higher education was not available for women so at the age of nine, she wrote a book defending women’s rights to be educated with the help of her tutor (Edelman, n.d.). She wanted to join a convent but her father would not let her. Her most famous contribution to mathematics was a book she wrote at the age of 20 called Analytical Institution. This book focused on
Woman in mathematics are so common now days that we have forgot who the first ladies were and what they did. These woman did a brave thing, by making people look differently at the math field. These ladies make a big difference on the world and how woman are looked at in the math world. Maryam Mirzakhani and Maria Agnesi are only two of the many ladies that inspired all of the woman to enter the math field.
Lord Byron expected Ada to be a "glorious boy" and was disappointed when Isabella (her mother) gave birth to a girl. Augusta was named after Byron's half-sister, Augusta Leigh, and was called "Ada" by Byron himself.
Marie Curie is an inspiration to many women because of her dedication to scientific discovery that resulted in her being the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. It was, and still is, difficult for women to establish themselves in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) field as related professions have historically been male dominated. However, Marie Curie’s work with radiation and the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry that followed opened the door of possibilities for women wishing to pursue a career in science. I have heard Marie Curie’s name all throughout my life, but I recently adopted her as an inspiration myself upon deciding to major in biochemistry next fall. In times of great struggle, she will be a
The next woman to be discussed is Grace Chisholm Young. She was a mathematician from England and received her education at Girton College in Cambridge, England. She then continued her
countess of Lovelace and daughter of the poet Lord Byron. The countess had a gift for mathematics