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| Name: |
Sophie Germain | | Birth Date: |
April 1, 1776 | | Death Date: |
1831 | | Place of Birth: |
Paris, France | | Place of Death: |
Paris, France | | Nationality: |
French | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
mathematician |
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 Biography of Sophie Germain
981 words, approx. 3 pages
 The foundational work of Sophie Germain (1778-1831) on Fermat's Last Theorem, a problem unsolved in mathematics into the late 20th century, stood unmatched for over one hundred years. Though published by a mentor of hers, Adrien-Marie Legendre, it is... summary from source:
 Biography of Sophie Germain
974 words, approx. 3 pages
Sophie Germain's foundational work on Fermat's Last Theorem, a problem unsolved in mathematics into the late 20th century, stood unmatched for over one hundred years. Though published by a mentor of hers, Adrien-Marie Legendre, it is still referred to... summary from source:
 Biography of Sophie Germain
358 words, approx. 1 pages
Sophie Germain was the daughter of a politically active merchant who became one of the directors of the Bank of France. He supported an extensive library out of which the young Sophie found ample material to nourish her keen intellect. She studied... 
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 Sophie Germain Summary
470 words, approx. 2 pages1776-1831 French Mathematician Among the achievements of Sophie Germain's career was her attempt at a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Her successes were all the more remarkable in light of the fact that she was largely self-taught and... summary from source:
 Germain, Sophie Summary
281 words, approx. 1 pagesFrench Mathematician 1776–1831 Sophie Germain is remembered for her work in the theory of numbers and in mathematical physics. Germain was born in Paris to a father who was a wealthy silk merchant. She educated herself by studying books in her... summary from source:
Sophie Germain Summary
106 words, approx. 0 pages1776-1831 French mathematician who contributed to the studies of acoustics, elasticity, and the theory of numbers. Born in a time when women were not permitted to attend schools of higher learning, Germain advanced her education early on by reading... summary from source:
 Sophie Germain Information
857 words, approx. 3 pages
Marie-Sophie Germain (April 1, 1776 – June 27, 1831) was a French mathematician who made important contributions to the fields of differential geometry and number theory. Germain was born to a middle-class merchant family in Paris, France and at...
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 The Independent - London Germaine Tillion
04/25/2008: 1,075 words, approx. 4 pages Resistance fighter and ethnologist On 13 August 1942, Germaine Tillion, a young French ethnologist and resistance fighter, was arrested by the German occupying authorities while at a Paris railway station, having been denounced by a maverick priest in the pay of the Abwehr... summary from source:
The Independent - London Encounters with Germaine
10/21/1994: 1,139 words, approx. 4 pages Rosie Boycott: (a founder of the feminist magazine Spare Rib in the Seventies, now editor of Esquire) I'm a big Germaine fan; I think it's great that she does not mince her words and that she's not hung up by niceties. She's so funny...
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 Essay Grade: 89%Sophie Germain
309 words, approx. 1 pages
A biography on the famous expert in math Sophie Germain.
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