Mathematics And Science essay topics

You are welcome to search the collection of free essays and research papers. Thousands of coursework topics are available. Buy unique, original custom papers from our essay writing service.

9 results found, view free essays on page:

  • Maria Mitchell
    990 words
    MARIA MITCHELL The person that I chose for the Women's History Month report is Maria Mitchell, who was a self- taught astronomer. She discovered Comet Mitchell and made amazing achievements throughout her life. Maria Mitchell was born on August 1, 1818 on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket to William and Lydia Mitchell. When Maria Mitchell was growing up in the Quaker community, few girls were allowed to study astronomy and higher mathematics. Even though the Mitchell's weren't rich Maria's f...
  • Life Of Rodger Bacon Rodger Bacon
    304 words
    The Life of Rodger Bacon Rodger Bacon should not be mistaken with Kevin Bacon or the leader of Bacon's Rebellion but is just as important. He was born at, Il chester, Somerset in 1220 and was known as DOCTOR MIRABILIS, meaning 'wonderful teacher' in Latin. Bacon was an English Franciscan philosopher and educational reformer who was a major medieval advocate of experimental science and mathematics. Bacon studied mathematics, astronomy, optics, alchemy, and languages. He was the first European to ...
  • Faculty Of Science At Alexandria University
    748 words
    Ahmed Zewail Nobel Prize Winner 709 Words A boy who was named Ahmed Zewail was born February 26, 1946 in Daman hur, the 'City of Horus', only 60 km from Alexandria. He lived a good childhood in the City of Dis uq, which is the home of the famous mosque, Sidi Ibrahim. He was the only son in a family of three sisters and two loving parents. His father was liked and respected by the community because he was helpful, cheerful and very much enjoyed his life. He worked for the government and also had ...
  • Number Theory Into A Science
    695 words
    Leonhard Euler 15 April 1707 - 18 September 1783 Leonhard Euler is said to have been the most prolific mathematician in history. His 866 books and articles represent about one third of the entire body of research on mathematics, theoretical physics, and engineering mechanics published between 1726 and 1800. Euler was born in Basel, Switzerland. His father, a pastor, wanted his son to follow in his footsteps and sent him to the University of Basel to prepare for the ministry, but geometry soon be...
  • Berlin Academy Of Science
    597 words
    Leonhard Euler Leonhard Euler, (born April 15, 1707, died Sept. 18, 1783), was the most prolific mathematician in history. His 866 books and articles represent about one third of the entire body of research on mathematics, theoretical physics, and engineering mechanics published between 1726 and 1800. In pure mathematics, he integrated Leibniz's differential calculus and Newton's method of fluxions into mathematical analysis; refined the notion of a function; made common many mathematical notati...
  • Polya's Method Of Problems
    2,362 words
    Jo C Tu Contemporary Mathematics Prof. Marcelo Lla rull June 13, 2003 Mr. George Polya would seem to be an excellent teacher for an individual like me. Why? I believe I can't understand math and maybe if he was still around he can answer my questions about why math seems to be intertwined with everything in the world. Under his tutelage I believe he can devise a personal method of problem solving for me so that math wouldn't be such a scary subject. Unfortunately, he passed away at the ripe old ...
  • World Of Science And Mathematics
    1,256 words
    Benoit Mandelbrot Benoit Mandelbrot was born in Warsaw, Poland on November 20th, 1924 to a Lithuanian-Jewish family. Correctly sensing the geo-political turmoil forming, his family moved to France in 1936, when Benoit was 11. His uncle Szolem Mandelbrot, who succeeded Hadamard as Professor of Mathematics at the Coll " ege de France and a member of the elite "Bourbaki", took responsibility for Benoit's education. It was his uncle who in 1945 introduced him to Gaston Maurice Julia's 1918 masterpie...
  • Examples Of A Line Graph
    1,579 words
    Mathematics and Science Essay Mathematics is the language of science that provides tools necessary for deeper analysis of scientific concepts and applications. In many cases, students often discover that it is one or more math skills that initially block their ability to understand new science concepts. In science classes students learn how to recognize when particular mathematics procedures are applicable so that they can select the correct methods needed to solve new problems. These new proble...
  • Medicine For Mathematics And Physical Science
    432 words
    Scientist Biographical Essay, Galileo Galileo, Italian physicist and astronomer, was born at Pisa February 15, 1564 and died at Arcetri, near Florence, January 8, 1642. In 1581 he entered the University of Pisa to study medicine and the Aristotelian philosophy, but soon abandoned medicine for mathematics and physical science. In 1585 he left the university and went to Florence to study under Ot ilio Ricci. He was professor of mathematics at Pisa 1589-91, and at Padua 1592-1610, lecturing there t...

9 results found, view free essays on page: