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8th post for the Women in Mathematics
Wang Zhenyi (1768–1797) was a scientist from the Qing dynasty. She breached the feudal customs of the time, which hindered women's rights, by arduously working to educate herself in subjects such as astronomy, mathematics, geography, and medicine.
Zhenyi mastered trigonometry and knew the Pythagorean theorem. She wrote an article called "The Explanation of the Pythagorean Theorem and Trigonometry,". She admired the mathematician Mei Wending (1633–1721 A.D.). He was famous in the early Qing dynasty and wrote the book, "Principles of Calculation". Wang Zhenyi became a master of this book, even rewriting it with simpler language, and made it available to others under the title, "The Musts of Calculation". She was very dedicated in her study of mathematics and wrote a book called "The Simple Principles of Calculation" when she was twenty-four. Her studies were difficult and she once said, "There were times that I had to put down my pen and sigh. But I love the subject, I do not give up."
34 notes • Posted 2021-03-29 09:00:48 GMT
When Emmy Noether was young, she loved dancing and “used to look forward to family parties”.
Image by Constanza Rojas-Molina (https://twitter.com/Coni777)
39 notes • Posted 2021-11-07 18:01:16 GMT
10th and last post on Women in Mathematics
I kept my favorite mathematician for the last 🖤 Amalie Emmy Noether – known for her groundbreaking contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.
Described by Pavel Alexandrov, Albert Einstein, Jean Dieudonné, Hermann Weyl, Norbert Wiener and others as the most important woman in the history of mathematics, she revolutionized the theories of rings, fields, and algebras.
41 notes • Posted 2021-03-31 09:01:27 GMT
2nd post on Women in Mathematics series
Marjorie Lee Browne was a noted mathematics educator. She was one of the first African-American women to receive a Ph.D in mathematics. After receiving her doctorate, Browne was unable to keep a teaching position at a research institution. As a result of this she worked with secondary school mathematics teachers, instructing them in "modern math." She focused especially on encouraging math education for minorities and women.
Browne's work on classical groups demonstrated simple proofs of important topological properties of and relations between classical groups. Her work in general focused on linear and matrix algebra.
Throughout her career, Browne worked to help gifted mathematics students, educating them and offering them financial support to pursue higher education. In 1974 she was awarded the first W. W. Rankin Memorial Award from the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics for her work with mathematics education.
57 notes • Posted 2021-03-17 10:00:46 GMT
9th post on Women in Mathematics
Katherine Johnson (August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. During her 35-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks.
Johnson's work included calculating trajectories, launch windows, and emergency return paths for Project Mercury spaceflights, including those for astronauts Alan Shepard, the first American in space, and John Glenn, the first American in orbit, and rendezvous paths for the Apollo Lunar Module and command module on flights to the Moon.
In 2015, President Barack Obama awarded Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2016, she was presented the Silver Snoopy Award by NASA astronaut Leland D. Melvin and a NASA Group Achievement Award. She was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson as a lead character in the 2016 film Hidden Figures. In 2019, Johnson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
59 notes • Posted 2021-03-30 09:00:53 GMT
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