C. L. Oates
Math 1513-008
November 20, 2008
Mathematician Biography Assignment
60
Points, Due Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Write a two page (approximately 1000 word) biogr=
aphy
of a mathematician chosen from the list below or select another mathematici=
an from
the MacTutor History of Mathematics Website at =
http://=
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html.
The biography should be formatted in accordance =
with
the American Psychological Association (APA) Formatting and Style Guide
available on The OWL at Purdue Website, http://owl.engl=
ish.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/. The Online Writing Laboratory (OWL=
) Guide
is well-written and easy to follow.
The biography should include a title page, an
abstract of no more than two or three sentences, a main body, and a referen=
ces
section. Material for the bio=
graphy
should be drawn from at least three sources, all of which may be
electronic. The referenced ma=
terial
should be listed in the appropriate APA format in the references section.
The OCCC Communications Lab, located near the
College Union, is available to all OCCC students for help with writing
assignments.
The assignment will be evaluated on the following
criteria:
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ints]
inclusion of relevant content
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use of correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling
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conformance to APA formatting and citation standards.
Help
will also be available, as usual, during office hours and by e-mail at Charles.L.Oates@email.occc.e=
du
and at Chuck@chuckoates.com
Some Suggested Mathematicians
al-Khwarizmi, Abu
Archimedes
of Syracuse (not NY!)
(taken)
Bayes, Thomas
Bernoulli,
Daniel
Copernicus,
Nicolaus
de Moivre, Abraham
Diophantus of Alexan=
dria
Doppler,
Christian A.
Einstein,
Albert (<=
span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>taken)
Eratosthenes
of Cyrene
Escher,
Marits Cornelis (a
“mathematical artist”) (taken)
Euclid
of Alexandria
Euler,
Leonhard
Galilei, Galileo<=
/span> (taken)
Gauss,
Carl F. (taken)
Gödel,
Kurt
Halley,
Edmond
Hawking,
Stephen W.
Heron
of Alexandria
Kepler, Johannes=
Lagrange,
Joseph-Louis
Laplace,
Pierre-Simon
Mercator,
Gerardus (taken)
Möbius, Johann H=
.
Newton,
Sir Isaac (taken)
Pascal,
Blaise (taken)
Plato (taken)
Poincaré, Jules
Taylor,
Brook
Turing,
Alan
von Neumann
(pronounced “von-NOY-mahn”), John
von Leibniz,
Gottfried
Content Suggestions
Include
information such as
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When
and where the person lived
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Education
(universities; degrees, if any)
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Accomplishments
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and
publications
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astronomy, chemistry, etc.)
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Professional Society Memberships, Honors, and Awards
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Contemporary Mathematicians (peers).