Continuing
Significant contributions:
- Also at nine she published a Latin debate that defended education for women
- The Instituzioni Analitiche was published in 1748 in two volumes
- Made easier by her ability to read in many languages
- 1750 was recognized by Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa of Austria
- Became chair of mathematics and natural philosophy at the University of Bologna by an act of Pope Benedict XIV
The End
- Never wanted to speak of mathematics
- Lived the remainder helping the poor
- Got sick in poorhouse and was buried with 15 other bodies
Died: January 9, 1799
Where: Milan, Italy
Relevance of Contributions
- Explained arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, analytic geometry and calculus, infinite series, and differential equations in a way no one else could
- No one before had published a text on calculus that included the methods of calculus of both Isaac Newton and Gottfried Liebnitz
- Inspired women all aroundthe world to become a mathematician
The Beginning
Born: May 16,1718
Where: Milan, Italy
Chilhood & Education:
- Eldest of 21 kids
- Child prodigy
- Called the "oracle of the seven tongues"
- At nine years old she knew many languages and would demonstrate in a special room of her father's home
- Was very shy
- Always wanted to please her father so she continued to show her talent to many others
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Downfall
- first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university
- 1783 wrote mathematics textbook
- Father got ill in 1750
- 1752 father died so she educated children
- began to educated poor children
- used wealth, knowledge, and time to help the less fortunate
Maria Agnesi : Morgan Geiger & Rachel Hardy