Thursday, March 10, 2011

Who was Hypatia of Alexandria?

Hypatia of Alexandria was born (AD) around 370 and she died in March 415. Hypatia of Alexandra was from Alexandria, Egypt. Her father was a philosopher and methemactician, Theon Alexandricus. She grew under his wing and she learned much about math and philosophy. Hypatia of Alexandris was the first female mathematicians in history (AD). She invented the hydrometer which I am sure is still used around this time or maybe even more advanced. I believe hydrometer's are used in thermometer or needles to measure the amount of something.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Fibonacci in Nature

To be as honest, I didn't find him so interesting. I know he's famous and his work is really helpfull to others and myself of course. But I just didn't find him so interesting to read about. His examples using nature and such is a great way or explaning math in a way and I can totally see where he comes from. I have seen his questions im sure in past math classes of my old schools and most likely on previous test.