Mathematician biographies
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Stories about mathematician
Ada Lovelace
Being the world’s first computer programmer
Al-Khwarizmi
Helping create algebra and inspiring the word “algorithm.”
Alan Turing
Helping create the idea of computers and breaking secret codes during World War II
Bertrand Russell
A British thinker who helped make math, logic, and philosophy easier to understand and wrote many famous books.
Dorothy Vaughan
Being a brilliant mathematician who helped NASA succeed and became the first African American supervisor at NACA, NASA’s predecessor.
Isaac Newton
Discovering the laws of motion and gravity that help explain how the world moves
James Clerk Maxwell
He helped explain electricity, magnetism, and light, showing they are all connected.
Johannes Kepler
Discovering the laws that explain how planets move around the Sun
Katherine Johnson
Helping NASA send astronauts safely into space using her amazing math skills
Lewis Carroll
Writing the famous children's book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
Nicolaus Copernicus
He proposed that Earth and the other planets move around the Sun.
Omar Khayyam
A famous Persian poet and a brilliant mathematician who helped improve calendars and algebra
René Descartes
A famous thinker who helped create modern philosophy and made important discoveries in math.