eprice@uunet.UU.NET (Eric Price) (02/25/89)
Dearest Netlanders,
I'm posting this after a debate I had with my mother.
We were discussing women and there mathematical abilities,
PLEASE NO FLAMES !!! . I was just wondering if in history
have there been any world caliber women mathematicians.
Kind of like Madam Curie was to Phisics and Chemestry only
in the field of mathematics.
#include "stdisclaimer.h"
PS: Once again no flames I am not a chauvinist or a sexist
I just simply would like to know the answer to this
nagging question.merrill@bucasb.BU.EDU (John Merrill) (03/01/89)
... and Julia Robinson in more recent years (the 60s, or perhaps she's still alive). Sadly, no. Robinson died of leukemia a little more than a year ago. -- John Merrill | ARPA: merrill@bucasb.bu.edu Center for Adaptive Systems | 111 Cummington Street | Boston, Mass. 02215 | Phone: (617) 353-5765
lloyd@uunet.UU.NET (lloyd allison) (03/03/89)
G. J. Tee The Pioneering Women Mathematicians The Mathematical Intelligencer 5(4) 27-36 1983 lists Hypatia, Gabrielle-Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Chatelet Maria Gaetana Agnesi Sophie Germain Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville Augusta Ada, Countess of Lovelace