Good Math Biographies?

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  • August 19, 2015 at 10:48 pm
    kurtjenvb
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    I’m looking for suggestions for some good biographies of mathematicians – 7th-12th grade level.   Thank you!

    August 20, 2015 at 8:26 am
    HollyS
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    We read Archimedes and the Door of Science over the summer and my DC really enjoyed it.  Rainbow Resource recommends it for grades 5-10.

    August 20, 2015 at 9:02 am
    RobinP
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    Euclid and Geometry by Estelle DeLacy (Immortals of Science series)

    Albert Einstein by Elma Ehrlich Levinger

    Leonard of Pisa and the New Mathematics of the Middle Ages by Joseph and France’s Gies

    Fanous Mathematicians by France’s Benson Stonaker

    Mathematicians Are People, Too Vols. One and Two

    String, Straight-Edge, & Shadow by Julia Diggins

     

     

     

    August 20, 2015 at 10:53 am
    kurtjenvb
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    Thank you – great suggestions!

    August 25, 2015 at 10:38 am
    Richele Baburina
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    May I add “In Code:  A Mathematical Journey” by Sarah Flannery and her father, David Flannery.  It is relevant as it deals with internet cryptography and is also interesting since Sarah Flannery was a teen when she discovered a new encryption system while doing a science project.  It also talks about how her family encouraged discovery.

     

    August 25, 2015 at 11:40 am
    RobinP
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    Thanks, Richele!  Adding it to my shelves.  ?

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