Emmy Noether
What was Emmy Noether’s nationality?
German
What was Hedy Lamarr’s main profession?
Actress
What were Pythagoras areas of expertise? (2)
Science and Philosophy
Where was Maryam Mirzakhani born?
Iran
What is Grigori Perelman’s nationality?
Russian
What university did she join in 1915?
The University of Göttigen
What country was she originally from?
Austria
Around which time did Euclid live?
Around 300 BC
What major prize did she win in 2014?
The Fields Medal
Which major mathematical problem did he solve?
The Poincaré Conjecture
How did Einstein refer to her?
the most important woman in the history of Mathematics
What fruit do you associate with her affair with the president?
oranges
Which president was fascinated by Euclid?
A. Lincoln
What distinction did she achieve with that prize?
First woman and first Iranian to win the Fields Medal
How many important unsolved problems did the world's leading mathematicians identify in 2000 in Paris?
7
Why did she face obstacles in her academic career?
Because she was a woman in early 20th-century Germany
What did her invention become the basis of for what modern technologies?
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS
What is the name of his most famous book?
The Elements
What area of mathematics did she work in?
Geometry
In what year did he decline the Fields Medal?
2006
Her theorem is fundamental in what branch of science?
Modern physics (especially quantum field theory and relativity)
What wartime invention did she co-create?
frequency hopping
What did Pythagoras believe concerning the planets?
He thought celestial bodies made music.
What university did she teach before her passing?
Stanford University
What is the Clay Mathematics Institute’s prize that he also refused?
The Millennium Prize (1 million dollars)