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	Maria Gaetana Agnesi - LoveToKnow 1911
		MARIA GAETANA AGNESI (1718-1799), Italian mathematician, linguist and philosopher, was born at Milan on the 16th of May 1718, her father being professor of mathematics in the university of Bologna.
		These displays, being probably not altogether congenial to Maria, who was of a retiring disposition, ceased in her twentieth year, and it is even said that she had at that age a strong desire to enter a convent.
		Her sister, Maria Teresa Agnesi (1724-1780), a well-known Italian pianist and composer, was born at Milan in 1724.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Maria_Gaetana_Agnesi (529 words)

	Maria Agnesi
		Maria's great contribution to mathematics with this book was that it brought the works of various mathematicians together in a very systematic way with her own interpretations.
		Agnesi wrote the equation of this curve in the form y = asqrt(ax-x*x)/x because she considered the x-axis to be the vertical axis and the y-axis to be the horizontal axis [Kennedy].
		However, when Maria's text was translated into English the word versiera was confused with "witch", and the curve came to be known as the witch of Agnesi.
	www.metu.edu.tr /~e128415/project/maria.htm (1149 words)

	Maria Gaetana Agnesi
		Maria Gaetana Agnesi (May 16, 1718 - January 9, 1799) was an Italian mathematician, linguist and philosopher.
		Though the wish was not gratified, she lived from that time in a retirement almost conventual, avoiding all society and devoting herself entirely to the study of mathematics.
		Madame Agnesi also wrote a commentary on the Traite analytique des sections coniques of the marquis de l'Hôpital, which, though highly praised by those who saw it in manuscript, was never published.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Maria_Gaetana_Agnesi.html (447 words)

	MARIA GAETANA AGNESI (... - Online Information article about MARIA GAETANA AGNESI (...
		Records of these meetings are given in de Brosse's Lettres sur l'Italie and in the Propositiones Philosophicae, which her father caused to be published in 1738.
		sister, MARIA TERESA AGNESI (1724-1780), a well-known Italian pianist and composer, was born at Milan in 1724.
		Boyer, " La Mathematicienne Agnesi," in the Revue Catholique des revues francaises et etrangeres (Paris, 1897).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ADA_AIZ/AGNESI_MARIA_GAETANA_17181799_.html (736 words)

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		Technically, Pietro Agnesi belonged to a class intermediate between the patricians and the merely rich, which he himself, like a knight, fraternized freely with some nobles, occupy himself with the incomparable things in life, and be a patron of men of talent.
		Maria Agnesi was provided with high quality tutor and the tutors provided by his father were all young men from the Church.
		Maria spent all of her money on this charitable work and died in total poverty in a poohouse where she was the director.
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	Maria
		Agnesi was born in Italy in 1718 to a wealthy and literate family.
		Agnesi is however most famous for her work on the cubic curve whose equation is x^2y = a^2(a-y), which later became known as the Curve of Agnesi.
		Maria withdrew from all scientific activity after her fathers death, to devote the rest of her life to caring for the poor and homeless.
	www.roma.unisa.edu.au /07305/maria.htm (507 words)

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		Agnesi's genius was recognized at an early age, and her father, a professor of mathe matics, did everything he could to cultivate that genius.
		Agnesi viewed her Analytical Institutions as a textbook of sort, one that summarized and explained the new mathematical concepts in European scientific circles.
		Though Pope Benedict XIV appointed Agnesi to the chair of mathematics and natural philosophy at the University of Bologna in 1750, largely as a result of the reception of her Analytical Institutions, she considered the appointment an honorary one and never taught a class.
	www.lib.iastate.edu /spcl/about/agnesi.html (935 words)

	Maria Gaetana Agnesi
		So far from becoming vain over her success, she was averse to these public displays of her phenomenal learning, and at twenty years of age desired to enter a convent.
		Maria gained such reputation as a mathematician that she was appointed by Benedict XIV to teach mathematics in the University of Bologna, during her father's illness.
		Maria then devoted herself to the study of theology and the Fathers of the Church.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/agnesi,maria_gaetana.html (417 words)

	Maria Gaëtana Agnesi
		Maria Agnesi was the eldest of 21 children in a wealthy family.
		Agnesi, with her father's money, was able to arrange for the private printing of the book in her own home where she could supervise the whole operation herself.
		Agnesi spent all her money on this charitable work, and she died in total poverty in the poorhouse of which she had been the director.
	www.stetson.edu /~efriedma/periodictable/html/Ag.html (409 words)

	Maria Gaetana Agnesi Summary
		Agnesi's principal work, Instituzione analitiche ad uso della gioventu' italiana(1748), known in English as her Analytical Institutions, is a veritable compendium of mathematics, written, as the Italian title indicates, for the edification of Italian youth.
		Maria was recognized as a child prodigy very early; she could speak both French and Italian at five years of age.
		These displays, being probably not altogether congenial to Maria (who was of a retiring disposition) ceased by her twentieth year, and it is even said that she had a strong desire to enter a convent at that time.
	www.bookrags.com /Maria_Gaetana_Agnesi (2819 words)

	Agnesi biography
		Pietro Agnesi could provide high quality tutors for Maria Agnesi and indeed he did provide her with the best available tutors who were all young men of learning from the Church.
		Agnesi was fortunate, however, in her bid to learn mathematics for a monk, Ramiro Rampinelli, a mathematician who had been a professor at both Rome and Bologna, arrived in Milan and became a frequent visitor to the Agnesi house.
		Once Agnesi received Riccati's comments on the first part of the text she organised printing of that part while later parts were sent to Riccati also for him to comment on.
	www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk /Biographies/Agnesi.html (1958 words)

	Agnesi, Maria Gaetana (1718-1799)
		Born in Milan, Maria was one of 24 children of a professor of mathematics at the University of Bologna.
		However, Maria developed a chronic illness, marked by convulsions and headaches, and, from the age of about 20, withdrew socially and devoted herself to mathematics.
		Maria wrote about it in her teaching manual and referred to it as the aversiera, which simply means to turn.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/A/Agnesi.html (451 words)

	Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Here's some information from the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive at: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk:80/~history/ Maria Gaetana Agnesi Born: 16 May 1718 in Milan, Habsburg Empire (now Italy) Died: 9 Jan 1799 in Milan, Habsburg Empire (now Italy) Maria Agnesi is noted for her work in differential calculus.
		Agnesi occupied for a time (1750) the chair of mathematics in the University of Bologna, thus becoming the first woman to occupy a chair of mathematics.
		The Witch of Agnesi The Witch of Agnesi was studied and named 'versiera' (Italian for 'she-devil' or 'witch') by Maria Agnesi in 1748 in her book _Istituzioni Analitiche_.
	mathforum.org /library/drmath/view/57567.html (377 words)

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		Maria Agnesi was the first woman mathematician in the Western world to achieve a reputation in mathematics, according to the Encyclopedia Brittanica.
		In 1749, Maria Agnesi was appointed Chair of Higher Mathematics at the University of Bologna by Pope Benedick XIV.
		Maria was quiet and deeply religious, and, unlike others of her time, was not looking to become a well-known mathematician.
	www.germantownacademy.org /academics/MS/8th/haddad/Erica/body.htm (533 words)

	Free Essay Maria Agnesi
		Maria was born in Italy on May 16, 1718 to a wealthy and literate family.
		However, Maria's text was translated into English the word “versiera” was confused with the word "witch", and the curve came to be known as the witch of Agnesi.
		Maria Gaetana Agnesi was not only a great math magician she was also a great daughter, sister, and woman because she gave more to her family and still keep her profession up.
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	Witch of Agnesi Summary
		Termed "versiera" by Agnesi, the name of the curve was mistranslated "wife of the devil" or "witch" and hence the name "Witch of Agnesi" stuck.
		Agnesi's curve and others that are similar were studied carefully by mathematicians such as Agnesi and Fermat in order to better explore the relationship between plane geometry and algebraic expressions, as well as the relationships between plane geometry and differential calculus.
		The curve was studied by Fermat, Guido Grandi in 1701, and by Maria Agnesi in 1748.
	www.bookrags.com /Witch_of_Agnesi (897 words)

	Women and Mathematics May Contest
		Maria Agnesi's "academic career" ended when she was only 34 years old, even though she lived to be 81.
		Maria's important contribution was to collect the various works and present it in a clear and precise manner accomponied by illustrations and her own interpretations.
		Maria's fame grew quickly and she was rewarded by receiving an appointment as Chair of Mathematics at the University of Bologna.
	www.pims.math.ca /education/2001/women/dec (938 words)

	Maria Agnesi
		Agnesi (pronounced on-yay-zee) was born on May 16, 1718 in Milan, Italy and died...
		Agnesi was an Italian mathematician who is noted for her work in differential calculus.
		Agnesi (1718-1799), the first woman professor of mathematics on a faculty; indeed, she was appointed professor at the...
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	Maria Agnesi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Agnesi was an exception and definitely an exceptional woman.
		Agnesi devoted the last 47 years of her life to caring for sick and dying women.
		The name Agnesi now appears most often in connection with a curve called the witch of Agnesi," a minor contribution of hers.
	scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu /Math/Agnesi.html (495 words)

	Maria Gaetana Agnesi Biography
		Agnesi is credited with writing the first book which discussed both differential and integral calculus.
		She discussed the curve known as the "witch of Agnesi" or "versiera" as she named it in 1748.
		John Colson, who translated Agnesi's text to English, perhaps confused "la versiera" with "l'avversiera", and so mistranslated it as "she - devil" or "the witch", with the result that English-speakers, and only English-speakers, know the curve as the "Witch of Agnesi.") It is defined as:
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	Maria Agnesi free essay, term paper and book report
		Maria Agnesi (pronounced on-yay-zee) was born on May 16, 1718 in Milan, Italy and died January 9, 1799.
		Maria was considered to be one of the greatest woman scholars and the very first female mathematician for modern times.
		Maria's dad recognized her as a child prodigy and made sure that Maria received an education from some of the finest tutors.
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	Fachhochschule Lübeck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		1718 Maria Gaetana Agnesi is born as the oldest of 21 children in Milan.
		The Agnesi house is a gathering place of the most distinguished intellectuals of the day.
		appoints Maria Agnese as a professor at the University Bologna.
	www.fh-luebeck.de /content/01_05_15_01/5/0.html (343 words)

	Maria Agnesi
		Maria Agnesi was born May 16, 1718 in Milan and lived 81 years.
		She was known for the witch of Agnesi.
		Although Agnesi was an excellent mathematitian, it was not her main ambition in life.
	www.mathsci.appstate.edu /~sjg/wmm/student/agnesi/Agnesiw.htm (85 words)

	Agnesi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Maria Gaetana Agnesi was the daughter of Pietro Agnesi of a wealthy family with money from silk.
		Maria was the eldest of the 23 children, from 3 wives.
		She chose to inhabit rooms of her home away from where the rest of the family lived, helping old women who were ill. Agnesi spent all her money on this charitable work and she died in total poverty in the poorhouse of which she had been the director.
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	Agnesi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Maria’s father was a math professor, which allowed her much success in education.
		Maria was shy and did not like these meetings, but attended to please her father, until her mother’s death.
		Maria Gaetana Agnesi is most famous for her curve Agnesi called versiera, or turning curve.
	english.sxu.edu /~menzel/standards/Agnesi.html (372 words)

	Brooklyn Museum: Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor: Maria Agnesi
		Maria Agnesi is regarded as the first female mathematician of the Western world.
		She knew seven languages by her thirteenth birthday and was recognized as a child prodigy when she began writing and delivering lectures on topics such as natural philosophy at the soirées organized by her father, a wealthy silk merchant, in their home.
		On the basis of this text, in 1750 Agnesi was awarded the chair of mathematics and analytical geometry at the University of Bologna but she declined to fill the post.
	www.brooklynmuseum.org /eascfa/dinner_party/heritage_floor/maria_agnesi.php (226 words)

	More Women in Math (Maria Agnesi)
		Her father was a professor in mathematics and the Agnesi home became a hub for intellectual activity.
		She was the oldest of 21 children and when her mother died she took on the responsibility of caring for the household.
		She became well known for her work with a curve called the ``Witch of Agnesi.'' The name resulted from a poor translation of the Latin vertere to turn, confused with a similar word that is Italian slang for ``wife of the devil.'' This plane curve has the equation xy
	www.mathnews.uwaterloo.ca /BestOf/WomenInMath6903.html (446 words)

	Maria Gaetana Agnesi
		Maria Gaetana Agnesi's younger sister, Maria Teresa Agnesi, was a composer, harpsichordist, singer and librettist.
		The Empress Maria Theresia was known to sing from a collection of arias that Maria Teresa Agnesi had composed for her.
		The Canadian composer Elma Miller has written a work called "The Witch of Agnesi" for B flat clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, 2 percussion, viola and double bass.
	www.agnesscott.edu /lriddle/women/agnesi.htm (1560 words)

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