"Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads: ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid political leaders, compulsive voyagers, ignorant generals - the flotsam and jetsam of historical currents. The men who radically altered history, the great scientists and mathematicians, are seldom mentioned, if at all." |
Indeed, but you can find out more about the mathematicians pictured above by clicking on their images.
For a more comprehensive listing of mathematicians, and a more in-depth look at the history of our great subject, click here. |
| Some other engaging quotes: |
"How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought independent of experience, is so admirably adapted to the objects of reality?" |
"Who, by vigor of mind almost divine, the motions and figures of the planets, the paths of comets, and the tides of the seas first demonstrated." |
Epitaph - Sir Isaac Newton |
"To divide a cube into two other cubes, a fourth power, or in general any power whatever, into two powers of the same denomination above the second is impossible, and I have assuredly found an admirable proof of this, but the margin is too narrow to contain it." |
Andrew Mumm, who has just joined the department this year, is running an after school activity focusing on Euclid's Elements. The purpose of the activity is to create an English-Chinese translation of the Elements, one which is more accessible to a wider audience. Click the 'Euclid Group' link in the main navigation area above, or click here, to see the latest progress on this ambitious project. |
Paul Marshall, former head of department, created a set of online resources for the IBDP HL mathematics course whilst he was here at CIS. Those pages can be accessed here, though with Paul no longer with us, the pages are not as up-to-date as they could be. |
The Mathematics Department welcomes your comments and suggestions.
This site was last updated on November 12th, 2009. |
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