Learn about the life of a famous mathematician, John Napier, in this article.

This University of St. Andrews site provides biological information as well as accomplishments of Kemeny.

Find out about Carl Friedrich Gauss, one of the greatest mathematicians in history.

Learn about prominent Dutch mathematician and scientist, Christiaan Huygens, whose work included early telescopic studies of the rings of Saturn and the discovery of its moon Titan, the invention of the pendulum clock, and other...

The life and accomplishments of Hypatia-- the Egyptian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher-- are documented in this synopsis. While the focus is on earlier events in her life, information is also provided on her contributions to...

Full of education and charity, Elena Piscopia devoted her life to learning and ministering to the poor. Her accomplishments as a mathematician and philosopher are discussed in this short biography.

As a way to encourage other women, Vera Pless offers her story on the obstacles she faced as she worked to become a mathematician.

This personal homepage features recent accomplishments of this important woman mathematician.

Contains information about the life and works of Archimedes. Includes a Pi applet. Has links to Eratosthenes of Cyrene, A listing of Pi to 10,000 digits, a biography of Archimedes, notes on Pi, and sources on Archimedes' screw.

This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University contains information about Cardano's life in an outline format. Some topic headings are nationality, education, religion, scientific disciplines, means of support, and many more.

The self-educated mathematician is the subject of this biography. Read about her life and accomplishments in the field of mathematics.

This site gives a general description of one of Euler's contributions, topology. It also presents one of the more famous problems of mathematics, The Bridges of Konigsberg.

While this site gives some background information on Ladyzhenskaya, it focuses more on her interests and contributions to the world of mathematics. It is an inspirational source for encouraging females to participate in mathematics.

This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides a brief overview of Francois Viete, displayed as ten biographical topics. The fields of data collected include topics such as birth/death dates, father, nationality,...