Women in math
Who was a German mathematician who made incredible discoveries in theoretical physics and abstract algebra?
Emmy Noether
(Go queen)
Culinary maths begins with the basics of what?
(Use your brain)
Addition, subtraction, division, multiplications
What is the style where the artist uses illusions to create their work, and geometry when shapes such as rectangles or cones are used to create a piece?
tessellations
Who, in 1917 while on leave from World War, killed his brother, his aunt, and his uncle?
Andre Bloch
What is the first number with the letter "A" in it when counting?
1,000
What English woman was known as the first female computer programmer?
Ada Lovelace
What is the freezing point and boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?
Freezing: 32 degrees
Boiling: 212 degrees
What is the ratio, made by sculptor Polykleitos, for the ideal male nude
1:√2
What library, built around the 3rd century BC, was burned down?
Library of Alexandria
The word “hundred” comes from the old Norse term, “hundrath”, which actually means what number?
120
Who was the first woman to get a doctorate in mathematics and the first in Europe to become a full-time professor?
Sofya Kovalevskaya
In cooking, you use weight to measure liquids or dry ingredients?
dry ingredients
a Greek sculptor from the school of Argos, and a contemporary of Phidias. His works and statues consisted mainly of bronze and were of athletes
Polykleitos
Why is there Nobel prize for mathematicians?
Alfred Nobel’s wife was having an affair with a mathematician. That mathematician would have been in line to be one of the first winners of a Nobel prize for mathematics, something Mr. Nobel could not have allowed, so he didn’t set up a prize for mathematics.
What is the only number that is spelt with letters arranged in alphabetical order.
40
In 2015, what percent of American PhD students in mathematics were women?
31%
What is the scientific process using using sodium alginate and a soluble calcium salt to create a gel around a liquid?
spherification
What conceptual tool is an approximate representation, generally on a flat surface, of an image as it is seen by the eye. Is useful for representing a three-dimensional scene in a two-dimensional medium, like paper.
Linear Perspective
What great mathematical geniuses of the 20th century, bringing contributions in mathematics, cryptology, and artificial intelligence, was charged for being homosexual and underwent hormonal treatment after his trial?
Alan Turing
Every odd number has what letter in it?
"E"
What Iranian woman was a professor at Stanford University and one of the first Iranian women to qualify for the Mathematical Olympiad. She was also the first and only woman to ever win the esteemed Fields Medal, an award presented by the International Mathematical Union each year?
Maryam Mirzakhani
What is the formula to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit?
F = ((9 ÷ 5) x C) + 32
common in the art of Ancient Egypt, where a group of "nearer" figures are shown below the larger figure or figures; simple overlapping was also employed to relate distance
vertical perspective
What two scientists had a "war" over who deserved credit for discovering calculus?
Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz
What is the symbol for division called?
Obelus