Historical Connections in Mathematics Flashcards

1

Germain worked with number theory. One example is with palindromes. What are palindromes?

2

Which contribution did Galileo NOT make?

3

Who is referred to as the "Father of the Scientific Method"?

4

Which mathematician developed the theory of gravitation?

5

Because Sophie Germain was a woman, she was denied entrance into schools. How did she learn?

6

Which academic area did Pythagoras NOT make contributions to?

7

The Pythagorean Theorem is ____

8

Which branch of mathematics did Isaac Newton develop?

Historical Connections in Mathematics