Bios of mathmeticians?

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  • March 18, 2013 at 10:35 pm
    Anonymous
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    Does anyone include biographies of mathmeticians in thier math studies? Where could I find these?

    March 18, 2013 at 11:10 pm
    Lesley Letson
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    We haven’t formally plugged these in anywhere – I have a few chapters flagged to add into history – but we love biographies anyway and read them regularly. The two books I know I have that deal specifically with that are:(I bought mine used)

    Mathematicians are People Too vol. 1

    Mathematicians are People Too vol. 2

    March 18, 2013 at 11:16 pm
    Lesley Letson
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    I also noticed some other books popping up on the Amazon page I linked that may give some other ideas, here are our other favorite math reading books – not necessarily bios, but some favs here nonetheless:

    March 19, 2013 at 3:33 am
    TailorMade
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    Would the books by John Hudson Tiner be helpful? We’ve read some of his Sower’s series titles, the Exploring the World of Mathematics, and I’ve had this one on our list for a while.

    http://books.google.com/books/about/Champions_of_Mathematics.html?id=_-ThDOHxTC8C

    Becca<><

    March 19, 2013 at 11:24 am
    RobinP
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    For more upper levels there’s Leonard of Pisa and the New Math of the Middle Ages by Joseph and Frqnces Gies about Fibonacci. There’s also a picture book about him called Blockhead by D’Agnese.

    Euclid and Geometry by DeLacy is in the Immortals of Science series.

    March 19, 2013 at 3:18 pm
    Anonymous
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    Great ideas – thanks so much….so thankful for this forum

    March 19, 2013 at 4:41 pm
    Monica
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    Not a personal recommendation, but I have heard the book Mathematicians are People, Too recommended several times.

    http://www.amazon.com/Mathematicians-Are-People-Too-Stories/dp/0866515097/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363711247&sr=8-1&keywords=mathematicians+are+people+too

    March 19, 2013 at 7:35 pm
    Joytoread
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    I don’t think this is a biogragraphy as I haven’t read it yet to my children; but what about “Number Stories Of Long Ago” by David Eugene Smith.

    Kim.

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