Saturday, March 29, 2008
Bye Bye Blog
Friday, March 14, 2008
Math without Mathematicians?
Although we engage in learning mathematics every day, we never stop to think about the fact someone actually took the time to figure out the structures, connections, and rules of mathematics so that we could use it without having to re-figure it out every time. Here is your task for the day. Follow these links for historical information:
http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/women/women.htm
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html
http://math.about.com/od/mathematicians/Mathematicians.htm
Explore some of the mathematicians or the mathematicians related to a genre of mathematics. Give us a peak into the world of three mathematicians. Be sure you understand what it is they really contributed to mathematics before you post. (This is why you may want to search by topic.)
In your write up please include the following:
Name
Era
Branch of mathematics
A interesting fact about the mathematician
How their contribution helps us today, give a real life example of the mathematics, or explain How their contribution has shown up in our studies.
You may not cut and paste. These are written in your own words in paragraph form, including correct spelling and puncuation. I can't wait to read what you find out about the eclectic world of mathematicians.
Ms. Leckman
P.S. Don't forget to make a major and minor edit to the wiki.
ENJOY YOUR BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SEE YA IN 9 DAYS. :-)