Famous Mathematician Book
Grading Sheet

Name___________________
Due date of my project __________________

Cover Page (2 points)
Your name
The name of your mathematician
Decoration using mathematical symbols / formulas, etc. __________

First Page -- Biography of the person’s life (25 points)
Dates of birth and death (if available)
A picture of your mathematician
Country or area of the world he or she came from
General family information
What education did he or she receive __________

Second Page -- Contributions to mathematics (25 points)
Most famous thing he or she did (include a picture or quote from the web
site for an exact description)
New topics he or she discovered
Role models he or she worked with
What type of field or job could this information be used in? __________

Third Page -- Other topics of study this person contributed to (25 points)
Any other topics this person worked on (include a picture of quote from the
web site for an exact description)
Is this person famous for this topic as well?
What type of field or job could this information be used in? __________

Fourth Page -- How can this information be used in your life? (20 points)
What kind of job would you like to do? (include a picture of someone doing this
job)
Could any of the topics this person studied be used in your future job?
What did you learn that you did not know before?
Name at least one thing you found interesting about this person __________

Creativity of the presentation (3 points) __________

Each picture or quote you use MUST include the web address as a reference!!!!!! Please spell check your project carefully.

Final Grade _____________

Famous Mathematicians

Rene DesCartes

Pythagoras

Archimedes

Euclid

Johannes Kepler

Carl Friedric Gauss

Sir Issac Newton

Blaise Pascal

Beniot Mandelbrot

Albert Einstein

Charles B. Bell, Jr.

Marjorie Lee Brown

Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright

Al-Khwarizimi

Abu Raihan (see also Al-Biruni)

Hypatia of Alexandria

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

Leonard Eugene Dickson

Omar Al-Khayyam

Etta Z. Falconer

Evelyn Boyd Granville