| Extra Credit Paper |
| Search Google Search Yahoo! Mac Tutor History Of Mathematics Archive-click here-then click on Biographies index and find the name |
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| Students can write one paper per semester on a famous mathematician of their choice. |
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| It is worth 50 points (all extra credit *if done correctly) |
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| Must be: 2 typed pages in length, 12 pt Times new Roman font, one inch margins, double spaced and ALL sources cited |
| Should include (but not limited to) history, one story, why they are famous, and major accomplishments (ie awards, etc.) |
| Topics possible: Archimedes, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Pythagoras (of Samos), Rene Descartes, Gottfreid Leibniz, Leonard Euler, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Gauss, Sophie Germain, Maria Agnesi, Pierre de Fermat, Leonardo Fibonacci, or other pre-approved people. |