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Ancient Greek Egyptian mathematician Hypatia was the subject of many literary interpretations in the 19th and 20th centuries. Here, she is portrayed by Marie Spartali in an 1867 photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron. Ruth Haas, American mathematician known for mentorship of other women mathematicians; Violet B. Haas (1926–1986), American ...
Diotima of Mantinea (4th century BCE), philosopher and scientist, ancient Greece; Echecratia the Philiasian (5th century BCE), Greek/Italian mathematician and natural philosopher [2]: 397 Elephantis (1st century BCE), Greek physician; Enheduanna (c. 2285–2250 BCE), Sumerian/Akkadian astronomer and poet; Fabiola (died 399 CE), Roman physician
Tom M. Apostol (1923–2016) - Professor of mathematics in California Institute of Technology, [12] he has authored a number of books about mathematics. Dimitri Bertsekas (born 1942) - Member of the National Academy of Engineering professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Hypatia wrote in Greek, which was the language spoken by most educated people in the Eastern Mediterranean at the time. [26] In classical antiquity, astronomy was seen as being essentially mathematical in character. [125] Furthermore, no distinction was made between mathematics and numerology or astronomy and astrology. [125]
Ancient Greek scientists (11 C, 2 P) Byzantine scientists (4 C, 1 P) + Greek women scientists (12 C, 16 P) A. Greek astronomers (3 C, 6 P) B. ... Greek mathematicians ...
2012: The Working Committee for Women in Mathematics, Chinese Mathematical Society (WCWM-CMS) was founded; it is a national non-profit academic organization in which female mathematicians who are engaged in research, teaching, and applications of mathematics can share their scientific research through academic exchanges both in China and abroad ...
Also: Greece: People: By occupation: Scientists / Women by occupation: Women scientists This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Greek scientists . It includes scientists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.