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Sophie Germain

Published on Nov 30, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Sophie Germain

  • Born and lived in Paris,France from April,1 1776 to June 27,1831.

Most important field work

  • Field work was in mathmatics, philosphy and phyics.
  • Most important work was the Germain theorem

Time and place of political climate

  • Born during the American Revolution when science and mathmatics were inapproiate for women to learn.

other discoveries

  • Theory of elasticity
  • Proved that Fermat's Theorem could hold every exponet.
  • Wrote the history of science and mathmatics.
  • Theorized that there are no diffrences between science and human culture.

Why her work was important and who followed

  • Her theory on elasticity led to the theory of equilibrium.
  • Her ideas on mathematics are still the center of mathmatics.
  • Sophie Germain also proved that women can contribute to the fields of science and mathamatics.

6th Slide

  • Ryan Kennedy
  • Ms.Mohabir
  • 3/11/15
  • I would like to thank Mrs.Germain for proving that women can work in the mathamitcal and scientific communtiy wh
  • I would like to thank Ms.Germain for proving that women can contribute to the feilds of math and science while also changing those fields for the betterment of soceity.

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