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Writing by numbers.(Literature)
"THERE IS A DIVINITY in odd numbers", wrote William Shakespeare, "either in nativity, chance or death. Whether or not A you accept that some numbers have supernatural properties, undeniably in numbers of every kind there is art.
Numbers have always provided inspiration in all forms of human creativity, including the art of story telling. The importance of numbers in literature has been reinforced by the publication of two high-profile debut Australian novels, Steven Toltz's A Fraction of the Whole and Toni Jordan's Addition.
Toltz's book is a raucous, sprawling saga about the men in an Australian family with a peculiar gift for numeracy, while Jordan's ...
- Grades 4-6: Meet famous mathematicians.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Curriculum Review October 1, 2001 700+ words
...greatest mathematician A. Pythagoras B. Emmy Noether C. Evariste Galois D. M.C. Escher E. Srinivasa Ramanujan F. Euclid G...C. Escher--D, used mathematical concepts in his art Evariste Galois--C, died at age 20 in a duel Euclid--F, famous for...
- By way of introduction. (Focus Issue: Communication)
- Magazine article from: Teaching Children Mathematics Lott, Johnny W. Jenkins, Mazie February 1, 1995 700+ words
Few people have encountered the daunting task that faced Evariste Galois on the night of 28 May 1832. Knowing that he was to be engaged in a duel early the next morning, young Galois desperately needed...
- Algebra's long journey from abstract to applied
- Newspaper article from: The Irish Times DICK AHLSTROM October 16, 2009 700+ words
...finance, Prof Zelmanov said. "It started with the work of [Evariste] Galois, [Joseph-Louis] Lagrange and [William Rowan] Hamilton...1980. If you were born in 1980 you will be 45 in 2025, a number which is the square of 45. This will next happen for people...
- Less than zero.(Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: New Criterion Derbyshire, John September 1, 2005 700+ words
...consist, and how would it increase? "The theory of complex numbers and their functions has broken men's hearts." Has it...occasional virtues. Its account of the life and death of Evariste Galois--who was killed in a duel at age twenty, after getting...
- The Story of Numbers and Counting.(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Teaching Children Mathematics Pothier, Yvonne September 1, 1998 700+ words
...of, the history of numbers and counting and one...The Beginning of Numbers," "Cool and Calculating...history of recording numbers and the development...Turing, Isaac Newton, Evariste Galois, Leonhard Euler, Shakuntale...development of numeration and number systems. Teachers may...
- Count and die; The history of mathematics.(The Equation That Couldn't Be...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) August 27, 2005 700+ words
...figure at the heart of Mario Livio's fascinating book about mathematical equations and symmetry is a brilliant Frenchman, Evariste Galois, who died in 1832 at the age of only 20. Galois's work was the culmination of an ancient quest to solve ever more complicated...
- Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical...
- Magazine article from: ETC.: A Review of General Semantics Levinson, Martin H. June 22, 1998 700+ words
...sup.n] + [y.sup.n] = [z.sup.n] had no whole number solutions when "n" is greater than 2. This has become known...pursue her passion in a field that was forbidden to women; Evariste Galois, whose advances in mathematics were ultimately vital to Wiles...
- The Equation that Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the...
- Magazine article from: Science News October 8, 2005 700+ words
...calls the "language of symmetry," Group theory was developed by two 19th-century mathematicians, Niels Henrik Abel and Evariste Galois, both of whom managed their achievements during tragically short lives, Abel died of tuberculosis at 26 and Galois was...
Source: HighBeam Research, Writing by numbers.(Literature)