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Women in Mathematics WebQuest - Task

    Choose one of the following four women mathematicians to study and write about:

    1.    Sophie Germain (1776 - 1831, France) - discovered by Gauss; used an alias at times.

    2.    Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850 - 1891, Russia) - studied motion of particles in the rings of Saturn.

    3.    Emmy Noether (1882 - 1935, Germany) - helped Einstein with his theory of relativity.

    4.    Grace Murray Hopper (1906 -1992, United States) - Naval officer; fostered computer advances.