Sophie Germain and Fermat's Last Theorem Rue Sophie Germain ... Sophie Germain was born in an era of revolution. In the year of her birth, the American Revolution began. Thirteen years later the

By all accounts, Sophie Germain was a somewhat withdrawn child. She was the second of three daughters of a Parisian silk merchant, Ambroise-François Germain.

The Best of mathNEWS - Sophie Germain ... Sophie Germain offered much to the mathematical world in the areas of number theory and elasticity theory.

Following is the true story of Sophie Germain, an 18th-century woman who assumed a man's identity in order to pursue her passion—attempting to prove Fermat's Last Theorem.

What -- or more precisely, who -- is the common factor for all these names is Sophie Germain, a French mathematician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Sophie Germain was born on 1 April 1776 the daughter of a merchant, Ambroise-Francois Germain. Outside of her work, her life was to be dominated by the turmoils of the French Revolution.

Sophie Germain was born on 1 April, 1776, in Paris. Her father was a silk merchant, and quite successful. ... Sophie Germain lived during a period of political turmoil.

Sophie Germain was born on April 1, 1776, in Paris. Her father was a silk merchant, and quite successful. ... Sophie Germain lived during a period of political turmoil.

Sophie Germain and French applied mechanics ... Sophie Germain was born into a well-to-do Parisian family in 1776 -- born into a world that was still hostile to bright women. And she was bright.

John Gehl sends this bio of the French mathematician Sophie Germain (1776-1831), who has been acclaimed as France's greatest female mathematician.