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| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 18 05:00AM -0800 Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > 2014? > 2. Stanford's Maryam Mirzakhani is the first woman to win what medal - > known as the "Nobel Prize of mathematics"? Fields Medal > 3. The movie, "A Beautiful Mind" deals with the life of which > mathematician? Nash > 4. President Nixon called this mathematician, who worked for the RAND > Corporation, "the most dangerous man in America". Ellsberg > 5. This Harvard math professor wrote and performed satirical songs, > including "The Vatican Rag", "National Brotherhood Week" and "New > Math". Lehrer > that the Earth rotates around the Sun. He wrote "Treatise on > Demonstration of Problems of Algebra", but is best known today for > his poetry. Omar Khayyam > "Principia Mathematica" with Bertrand Russell. > 9. This 17th century British mathematician invented what he called > "the science of fluxions". Newton > 10. This 18th/19th century French mathematician redeveloped and > improved Newton's work on planetary motions using calculus. Le Verrier ? -- Dan Tilque |
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Nov 18 11:33PM Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > 2014? > 2. Stanford's Maryam Mirzakhani is the first woman to win what medal - > known as the "Nobel Prize of mathematics"? Fields Medal > 5. This Harvard math professor wrote and performed satirical songs, > including "The Vatican Rag", "National Brotherhood Week" and "New > Math". Tom Lehrer > 6. A mathematician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist philosopher, and > magician, his books include "What Is the Name of This Book?" and > "The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes". Martin Gardner > his poetry. > 8. This mathematician is famous for co-authoring the historical > "Principia Mathematica" with Bertrand Russell. Whitehead > 9. This 17th century British mathematician invented what he called > "the science of fluxions". Newton > 10. This 18th/19th century French mathematician redeveloped and > improved Newton's work on planetary motions using calculus. Peter Smyth |
| "Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Nov 19 03:29PM +1100 > known as the "Nobel Prize of mathematics"? > 3. The movie, "A Beautiful Mind" deals with the life of which > mathematician? John Nash > 5. This Harvard math professor wrote and performed satirical songs, > including "The Vatican Rag", "National Brotherhood Week" and "New > Math". Tom Lehrer > that the Earth rotates around the Sun. He wrote "Treatise on > Demonstration of Problems of Algebra", but is best known today for > his poetry. Omar Khayam (?) > "Principia Mathematica" with Bertrand Russell. > 9. This 17th century British mathematician invented what he called > "the science of fluxions". Isaac Newton (?) > 10. This 18th/19th century French mathematician redeveloped and > improved Newton's work on planetary motions using calculus. Blaise Pascal (?) Rob |
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Nov 18 09:14PM Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Just Call Sol > A round on our solar system. Answers may repeat. > 1. How many planets have rings? 4 > 2. Which is the only planet "tilted on its side" with relation to > the Sun? Uranus > 3. Which planet has both the highest mountain and the deepest > valley of any in the Solar System? Mars > 4. Which planet has the shortest day, at 9 hours and about 55 > minutes? Venus > 5. Which planet's moon is Callisto? Jupiter > Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet, and what had been the > largest asteroid was promoted to a dwarf planet. Name that > former asteroid. Ceres > 7. Consequently, which planet now has the longest year, nearly > 165 Earth years? Neptune > orbits of less than 200 years) and long-period comets. > They're thought to originate in two different regions of the > solar system. Name either region. Oort cloud > 9. In 2005, the atmospheric-entry probe Huygens landed on Saturn's > largest moon. Name that moon. Io > in the 1986 film "Heartburn". During the film she watches a > "Masterpiece-Theatre"-like program narrating the story of her > own life. Name her. Meryl Streep > cult/supernatural/fantasy TV series starring Sarah Michelle > Gellar, a character named Andrew Wells introduces the episode > in the style of "Masterpiece Theatre". Name the series. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Peter Smyth |
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