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1 Pythagoras (Greek) Born about 530 BC. .Pythagorean theorem, golden ratio... .Led a religious cult worshipping numbers. .Vegetarians, w/o beans.

2 Euclid (Greek) Born about 325 BC. Wrote the book The Elements. This is pretty much our current geometry textbook! We call him the Father of Geometry.

3 Hypatia (Alexandria, Egypt)
Born about 370 AD. First documented female mathematician. Preserved Euclid's works. Was horribly murdered…

4 John Napier (Scottish, ) *Invented logarithms! *Predicted machine guns, submarines, and tanks *Believed the world would end between *Tried to prove the Pope was the Antichrist *Many thought he may be mentally unbalanced...

5 Sir Isaak Newton (1642-1727, England)
Science & Math Developed calculus in 1660’s but didn’t publish until much later Usually given more credit for developing calculus Fig Newtons… Gottfried Leibniz ( , Germany) Philosophy, literature, politics, & math Developed calculus in the 1670’s and published it right away We use Leibniz’s notations today (differentials) Choco-Leibniz cookie biscuits…

6 Sonya Kovalevski ( , Russian) Was equally talented in math and literature (published novels, plays, and poetry) Taught herself trig by inventing it … Teacher, loved by her students Doctorate degree at age 24. Mixed calculus and physics Lived a bit of a scandalous life, died at age 41.

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