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The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI
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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Zero:
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Where Mathematics Comes From
Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being


Guide to Constructing the Universe
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Mathematicians ~

John Napier
John von Neumann

Isaac Newton
Florence Nightingale

Emmy Noether



John Napier Scottish Mathematician Inventor of Logarithms, Giclee Print
John Napier,
Giclee Print

John Napier
b. 1550; Edinburgh, Scotland
d. 4-4-1617

John Napier invented logarithms which advanced the sciences in the solving of equations where the exponents are unknown. The word logarithms is based on the Greek logos = word, reason, and arithomos = number.

Calculating rods invented by John Napier, 1617 (wood), Giclee Print
Calculating rods invented
by John Napier, 1617 (wood),
Giclee Print






Napier also developed an acabus, or calculating rods, for simplifying multiplication and division problems into simpler addition and subtraction calculations. They are popularly known as Napier's Bones.

John Napier: Logarithm John


John von Neumann: The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer, Game Theory, Nuclear Deterrence, and Much More
John von Neumann:
The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer, Game Theory, Nuclear Deterrence, and Much More

John von Neumann
b. 12-28-1903; Budapest, Hungary
d. 2-8-1957; Washington, DC

Mathematician and polymath John von Neumann made numerous major contributions to many fields, including computers.

John von Neumann quotes ~
• “If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.”


Issac Newton Photographic Print
Issac Newton
Photographic Print

Isaac Newton
b. 1-4-1643; Lincolnshire, England
d. 3-20-1727; London

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Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) Giclee Print
Florence Nightingale
Giclee Print

Florence Nightingale
b. 5-12-1820; Florence, Italy
d. 8-13-1910

Florence Nightingale loved mathematics and her study of mathematics helped her collect data and organize a record keeping system to calculate the mortality rate of soldiers in the hospital.
BTW- Florence Nightingale was named for the city of her birth.

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Emmy Noether: The Mother of Modern Algebra
Emmy Noether:
The Mother of Modern Algebra

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not available.)

Emmy Noether
b. 3-23-1882; Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
d. 4-14-1935; Bryn Mawr, PA

Emmy Noether, described as “the most important woman in the history of mathematics” made groundbreaking contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics. In mathematics Noether worked in the theories of rings, fields, and algebras, and in physics the fundamental connection between symmetry and conservation laws.


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