Power in numbers the rebel women of mathematics
Power in Numbers: The Rebel Women of Mathematics is a full-color volume that takes aim at the forgotten influence of women on the development of mathematics over the last two millennia. You'll see each eminent mathematician come to life on each page, women like the astronomer-philosopher Hypatia, th...
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Race Point Publishing,
2018.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Power in numbers : |b the rebel women of mathematics / |c Talithia Williams, PhD. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Race Point Publishing, |c 2018. | |
| 300 | |a 224 pages : |b illustrations (chiefly colour) ; |c 26 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-215) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Part I: The pioneers. Wang Zhenyi ; Sophie Germain ; Sofia Kovalevskaya ; Winifred Edgerton Merrill ; Emmy Noether ; Spotlight: Breaking the PhD color barrier -- Part II: From code breaking to rocket science. Grace Hopper ; Mary Golda Ross ; Dorothy Vaughan ; Katherine G. Johnson ; Mary Winston Jackson ; Spotlight: From circus performer to human computer -- Annie Easley ; Margaret Hamilton -- Part III: Modern math mavens. Sylvia T. Bozeman ; Fern Y. Hunt ; Maria Klawe ; Ami Radunskaya ; Ingrid Daubechies ; Spotlight: Mathematical crochet ; Tatiana Toro ; Karen E. Smith ; Gigliola Staffilani ; Erica N. Walker ; Trachette Jackson ; Carla Cotwright-Williams ; Eugenia Cheng ; Maryam Mirzakhani ; Chelsea Walton ; Pamela E. Harris. | |
| 520 | |a Power in Numbers: The Rebel Women of Mathematics is a full-color volume that takes aim at the forgotten influence of women on the development of mathematics over the last two millennia. You'll see each eminent mathematician come to life on each page, women like the astronomer-philosopher Hypatia, theoretical physicist Emmy Noether, and rocket scientist Annie Easley. Power in Numbers: The Rebel Women of Mathematics is an affirmation of female genius and a celebration of the boundless applications of mathematics. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Women mathematicians |v Biography. | |
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| 690 | 0 | |a Kofman, Nadine tribute. | |
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