#MathMonday with Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017) 🛠 Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman, as well as first Iranian, to win the Fields Medal, Math’s highest honor. In 2014, Maryam was recognized…
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#MathMonday honoring Annie Easley (1933-2011)
#MathMonday honoring Annie Easley (1933-2011) 🔬 Annie Easley worked as a computer for NACA until it was abolished in 1958, becoming NASA, where Easley would develop the software for the Centaur…
#MathMonday with Dr. Vivienne Malone-Mayes (1932-1995)
#MathMonday with Dr. Vivienne Malone-Mayes (1932-1995) 🔬👩🏾🏫 Dr. Vivienne Malone-Mayes was a mathematician and professor. After taking courses taught by Dr. Evelyn Boyd Granville, one of the first African-American women to…
#MathMonday with Emilie du Chatelet (1706-1749)
#MathMonday with Emilie du Chatelet (1706-1749) 🔬 Emilie du Chatelet grew up in France in a time when it took much convincing to prove to her father her place was in…
#MathMondays with Evelyn Boyd Granville
#MathMondays with Evelyn Boyd Granville 🔬 Evelyn Boyd Granville is the second black woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics and later went on to work for NASA on space…
#MathMonday with Emmy Noether (1882-1935)
#MathMonday with Emmy Noether (1882-1935) 🔬 Emmy Noether was a mathematician who devised a mathematical principle, Noether’s theorem, that became a foundation for quantum physics. Emmy’s calculations were used by Albert…
#MathMonday with Jean Bartik (1924-2011)
#MathMonday with Jean Bartik (1924-2011) 🔬 Jean Bartik was an American computer software pioneer who was one of the first programmers of the ENIAC and UNIVAC I computers. When Jean graduated…
#MathMonday – Christine Darden
#MathMonday with Christine Darden 🔬 Christine Darden is an aerospace engineer and mathematician who started out as a high school mathematics instructor before going on to become a data analyst for NASA…
#MathMonday – Sophie Germain
#MathMonday with Sophie Germain (1776-1831) 🔬 Sophie Germain was a French mathematician who entered a challenge to solve why sand settled into patterns on small glass plates when vibrated. After 6…
#MathMonday – Danica McKellar
Danica McKellar, actress and mathematician, advocates for math education that is exciting and inclusive to encourage kids to go into STEM. Danica has co-authored a ground-breaking mathematical physics theorem and…
#MathMondays
#MathMondays with a fact about the Fibonacci sequence appearing in nature!
#MathMonday – Euphemia Lofton Haynes
#mathmonday highlighting Euphemia Lofton Haynes! 🔬 Euphemia Lofton Haynes, the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics! She worked to improve the education system, which hadn’t allowed black students…