Marie-sophie Germain, French is a photograph by Science Source which was uploaded on March 14th, 2013.
Marie-sophie Germain, French
Marie-Sophie Germain (1776-1831) was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. Despite initial opposition from her parents she educated... more
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Marie-Sophie Germain (1776-1831) was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. Despite initial opposition from her parents she educated herself from books in her father's library and from correspondence with famous mathematicians such as Lagrange, Legendre, and Gauss. One of the pioneers of elasticity theory, she won the grand prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences for her essay on the subject. Her work on Fermat's Last Theorem provided a foundation for mathematicians exploring the subject for hundreds of years after.
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