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This month we are celebrating the famous mathematicians whose biographies live in the collections of the Math Library, including Maria Gaetana Agnesi, the first woman to be made a professor of mathematics at Illinois.<\/p>\n
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nBooks on Display: <\/strong><\/p>\n Turbulent times in mathematics : the life of J.C. Fields and the history of the Fields medal<\/a> \/ Elaine McKinnon Riehm, Frances Hoffman. (Math 510.92 F4605r)<\/p>\n How euler did even more.<\/a> \/ by Edward C. Sandifer (Math 510.92 Eu53s)<\/p>\n In service to mathematics : the life and work of Mina Rees<\/a> \/ by Amy Shell-Gellasch. (Math 510.92 R259s)<\/p>\n Imitation game : Alan Turing decoded<\/a> \/ written by Jim Ottaviani ; illustrated by Leland Purvis. (Math 510.92 T846o)<\/p>\n Lady mathematician in this strange universe : memoirs<\/a> \/ Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, Emeritus Professor of the University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France), member of French Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (Math 510.92 C456m:E)<\/p>\n Clouds are not spheres : a portrait of Benoi\u0302t Mandelbrot, the founding father of fractal geometry<\/a> \/ Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon, BECTU, the Media and Entertainment Union, UK. (Math 510.92 M312l)<\/p>\n Makers of mathematics<\/a> \/ Stuart Hollingdale. (Math 510.922 H724M1991)<\/p>\n Fu\u0308rstin der Wissenschaft : die Lebensgeschichte der Sofja Kowalewskaja<\/a> \/ Cordula Tollmien. (Math 510.92 K849TO)<\/p>\n Julia, a life in mathematics<\/a> \/ Constance Reid. (Math 510.92 R556j)<\/p>\n A\u00b3 & his algebra : how a boy from Chicago’s west side became a force in American mathematics<\/a> \/ Nancy E. Albert. (Math 510.92 Al14a)<\/p>\n Biography of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, an eighteenth-century woman mathematician : with translations of some of her work from Italian into English<\/a> \/ Antonella Cupillari ; with a foreword by Patricia R. Allaire. (Math 510.92 A272c)<\/p>\n Other Famous Mathematician Biographies: <\/strong><\/p>\n Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race<\/a> \/ by Margot Lee Shetterly Math 510.92520973 L515h<\/p>\n Change is possible : stories of women and minorities in mathematics<\/a> \/ by Patricia C. Kenschaft Math 510.82 K412c<\/p>\n Some eminent Indian mathematicians of the twentieth century<\/a> \/ by Jagat Narain Kapur Math 510.92254 SO521989<\/p>\n Courant in G\u00f6ttingen and New York : the story of an improbable mathematician<\/a> \/ by Constance Reid Math B.C857 R<\/p>\n The way I remember it<\/a> by Walter Rudin \/ Math 510.92 R834r<\/p>\n Eye of the hurricane : an autobiography<\/a> \/ by Richard Bellman \/ Math 510.924 B417E<\/p>\n