{"id":5295,"date":"2025-12-01T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/?p=5295"},"modified":"2025-12-01T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:00:16","slug":"women-in-the-history-of-mathematics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/2025\/12\/01\/women-in-the-history-of-mathematics\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in the history of mathematics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the November meeting members heard from Cambridgeshire-based mathematical historian, Snezana Lawrence, who spoke about women in the history of mathematics, drawing on her new book \u201cA Little History of Mathematics\u201d published this year by Yale University Press.<\/p>\n<p>The talk explored what mathematics is and its uses and showcased female mathematicians from the time of the followers of Pythagoras to the present day.<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/files\/2025\/12\/Speaker-Snezana-Lawrence-and-member-Lindsey-Berthoud.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5296\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/files\/2025\/12\/Speaker-Snezana-Lawrence-and-member-Lindsey-Berthoud-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/files\/2025\/12\/Speaker-Snezana-Lawrence-and-member-Lindsey-Berthoud-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/files\/2025\/12\/Speaker-Snezana-Lawrence-and-member-Lindsey-Berthoud.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Members learned about Hypatia, the first woman mathematician whose work we know, to Maria Gaetana Agnesi, an Italian who dedicated her life to both Newtonian mathematics and supporting women and girls, to Alicia Boole Stott, a British mathematician specialising in four-dimensional geometry.<\/p>\n<p>Many more women who were celebrated, hidden, or who broke new frontiers in mathematical sciences can be found in the book, which uses concepts and words that the average reader can understand. It is packed with beautiful illustrations \u2013 some of which were shared in the presentation &#8211; bringing fascinating stories and the creativity of mathematics to vivid life.<\/p>\n<p>Snezana shared some feedback from her very first reader who said:<br \/>\n\u2022 There have been more maths-based cults and secret societies than you might imagine&#8230;<br \/>\n\u2022 There are different sizes of infinity! (Some infinities are more infinite than others&#8230; WHAT?)<br \/>\n\u2022 Don&#8217;t stay at the Hilbert Hotel &#8211; it always has vacancies, but once you leave your room you&#8217;ll definitely never find it again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Intrigued? 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