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Publication Date: 2013-Mar
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Women and Mathematics in the Time of Euler
Mayfield, Betty
College Mathematics Journal, v44 n2 p82-88 Mar 2013
We explore mathematics written both by and for women in eighteenth-century Europe, and some of the interesting personalities involved: Maria Agnesi, Emilie du Chatelet, Laura Bassi, Princess Charlotte Ludovica Luisa, John Colson, Francesco Algarotti, and Leonhard Euler himself.
Descriptors: Educational History, World History, Mathematics, College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Females, Mathematical Concepts
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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