mathematicians

"This book examines the life of NASA aerospace engineer Mary Jackson ... Includes a timeline, primary sources, and other informative backmatter."--Provided by publisher.

"Ninety percent of all the worlds data was created in the last two years, mainly through the growth of social media. Finding meaning within the data is the task of a big data analyst. What the job entails, what it pays, and future prospects are discussed along with insights from industry insiders"--Amazon.com.

"Examines the life of NASA computer programmer and mathematician Dorothy Vaughan"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986, and whose calculations--done by hand--helped plan the trajectories for NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions, including the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Explore the life and accomplishments of NASA's Katherine Johnson, nicknamed the "Human computer.".

"Have you ever wondered who developed computer coding? Discover how Ada Lovelace's interest in mathematics led to her work on an early computer and the first programming algorithm ever used"--Provided by publisher.

While mathematics impacts many aspects of our lives, mathematicians arent necessarily household names. This compendium introduces readers to a brilliant collection of original thinkers. The group encompasses ancient sages, Renaissance geniuses, Enlightenment-era polymaths, nineteenth-century innovators, some of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, and current leaders in the field. Also covered are the geniuses whose names are preserved in Fermats Last Theorem, Boolean algebra, and the Fibonacci sequence. A great way for readers to familiarize themselves with a fascinating group of influential figures.

"Nathaniel Bowditch, a mathematician, astronomer, and insurance executive--and a major agent of Enlightenment-era change, ... took his personal work habits and blended them with the certainty and predictability of the science that he studied, creating something completely new for his time: the impersonal bureaucracy. Enthralled with the precision and certainty of numbers and the unerring regularity of the physical universe, Bowditch shaped some of New England's most powerful institutions, from financial corporations to Harvard College, into clockwork mechanisms. He ran his insurance company with rule-bound regularity, implementing systematic and novel paperwork procedures, methodical bookkeeping practices, and standardized filing systems, helping to usher in a new era of intellectual history"--Provided by publisher.

The life story of Srinivasa Ramanujan, an improvished Indian clerk, and his collaboration with H. Hardy, an English mathematician.

One of the elite scholars in Baghdad's prestigious House of Wisdom, al-Khwarizmi is best remembered for his famous work Al-Jabr wa al-Muqabala, the text that defined the branch of mathematics known as algebra. He was also an accomplished astronomer and geographer. This fascinating biography describes in vivid detail the Islamic world's Golden Age, a period during the Middle Ages when learning and scientific advancement were revered and honored. Readers will learn what is known of al-Khwarizmi's life, as well as the pertinent history of both the Arab world and the fields of science in which al-Khwarzimi excelled.