Article ID: CBB000760569

A Woman Mathematician with a Beautiful Mind---Maria Gaetana Agnesi (2008)

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Guo, Yi-nan (Author)
Wang, Qingjian (Author)


Journal of Dialectics of Nature
Volume: 30, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 88-94


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Chinese.
Language: Chinese

In 1748, the works Analytical Institution of Maria Agnesi was published, in which a versed sine curve called by her name was well-known in the circle of mathematics. She was the first woman in modern history who accurately called a mathematician, a member of the Bologna Academy of Sciences, also a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at the University of Bologna. But, she turned to charitable work in her afterlife, spending all her money in helping the poor. This paper briefly reviews her life, excellent achievements in mathematics and outstanding contribution to the society.

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Authors & Contributors
Roero, Clara Silvia
Mazzotti, Massimo
Cavazza, Marta
Patergnani, Elisa
Ilde Porcu
Carlos H. Caracciolo
Concepts
Mathematics
Women in science
Science and religion
Science and society
Calculus
Biographies
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
Early modern
Medieval
14th century
Places
Italy
Bologna (Italy)
Europe
Padua (Italy)
Milan (Italy)
Turin (Italy)
Institutions
Università di Bologna
University of Bologna (Italy)
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