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(Encyclopedia) mathematics, deductive study of numbers, geometry, and various abstract constructs, or structures; the latter often “abstract” the features common to several models derived from the…

Average Mathematics Scale Scores, 2003

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The National Museum of Mathematics Makes Math Fun

By Sabrina Petrafesa If you’re tired of visiting museums that don’t amaze--you should try a museum you never thought you’d want to go to in a million years. Located in New York City, the National…

Hopkins, William

(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, William, 1793–1866, English geologist. Hopkins studied mathematics at Cambridge, and then supported himself as a private mathematics tutor. Many of England's best…

Gödel, Kurt

(Encyclopedia) Gödel, KurtGödel, Kurtgöˈdəl [key], 1906–78, American mathematician and logician, b. Brünn (now Brno, Czech Republic), grad. Univ. of Vienna (Ph.D., 1930). He came to the United States…

Sylvester, James Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Sylvester, James Joseph, 1814–97, English mathematician. He studied at Cambridge for four years after 1831, but because degrees were limited to members of the Church of England and he…

Tartaglia, Niccolò

(Encyclopedia) Tartaglia, NiccolòTartaglia, Niccolònēk-kōlôˈ tärtäˈlyä [key], c.1500–1557, Italian engineer and mathematician. Largely self-educated, he taught mathematics at Verona, Brescia, and…

Gregory, James

(Encyclopedia) Gregory, James, 1638–75, Scottish mathematician. He invented a reflecting telescope (1661), which he described in his Optica promota (1663). In 1668 he became professor of mathematics…