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| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Florence Nightingale: The Crimean War Lynn McDonald, 2011-02-01 Florence Nightingale is famous as the “lady with the lamp” in the Crimean War, 1854—56. There is a massive amount of literature on this work, but, as editor Lynn McDonald shows, it is often erroneous, and films and press reporting on it have been even less accurate. The Crimean War reports on Nightingale’s correspondence from the war hospitals and on the staggering amount of work she did post-war to ensure that the appalling death rate from disease (higher than that from bullets) did not recur. This volume contains much on Nightingale’s efforts to achieve real reforms. Her well-known, and relatively “sanitized”, evidence to the royal commission on the war is compared with her confidential, much franker, and very thorough Notes on the Health of the British Army, where the full horrors of disease and neglect are laid out, with the names of those responsible. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life I. Bernard Cohen, 2006-07-17 From the pyramids to mortality tables, Galileo to Florence Nightingale, a vibrant history of numbers and the birth of statistics. The great historian of science I. B. Cohen explores how numbers have come to assume a leading role in science, in the operations and structure of government, in marketing, and in many other aspects of daily life. Consulting and collecting numbers has been a feature of human affairs since antiquity—taxes, head counts for military service—but not until the Scientific Revolution in the twelfth century did social numbers such as births, deaths, and marriages begin to be analyzed. Cohen shines a new light on familiar figures such as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Charles Dickens; and he reveals Florence Nightingale to be a passionate statistician. Cohen has left us with an engaging and accessible history of numbers, an appreciation of the essential nature of statistics. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Women in Mathematics Janet L. Beery, Sarah J. Greenwald, Jacqueline A. Jensen-Vallin, Maura B. Mast, 2017-12-02 This collection of refereed papers celebrates the contributions, achievements, and progress of female mathematicians, mostly in the 20th and 21st centuries. Emerging from the themed paper session “The Contributions of Women to Mathematics: 100 Years and Counting” at MAA's 2015 MathFest, this volume contains a diverse mix of current scholarship and exposition on women and mathematics, including biographies, histories, and cultural discussions. The multiplicity of authors also ensures a wide variety of perspectives. In inspiring and informative chapters, the authors featured in this volume reflect on the accomplishments of women in mathematics, showcasing the changes in mathematical culture that resulted as more women obtained tenure-track and tenured academic positions, received prestigious awards and honors, served in leadership roles in professional societies, and became more visibly active in the mathematical community. Readers will find discussions of mathematical excellence at Girton College, Cambridge, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; of perseverance by Polish women in mathematics during and after World War II and by Black women in mathematics in the United States from the 1880s onward; and of the impact of outreach programs ranging from EDGE's promotion of graduate education to the Daughters of Hypatia dance performances. The volume also provides informative biographies of a variety of women from mathematics and statistics, many of them well-known and others less well-known, including Charlotte Angas Scott, Emmy Noether, Mina Rees, Gertrude Cox, Euphemia Lofton Haynes, Norma Hernandez, Deborah Tepper Haimo, and Teri Perl. These essays provide compelling reading for a wide audience, including mathematicians, historians of science, teachers of mathematics, and students at the high school, college, and graduate levels. Anyone interested in attracting more girls and women as students, faculty, and/or employees will also find this volume engaging and enlightening. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: England and Her Soldiers Harriet Martineau, 2010-10-21 Martineau analyses the history of military hygiene and its effect on the health and performance of soldiers in war. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Florence Nightingale Cecil Woodham Smith, 2017-08-24 This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Statisticians of the Centuries C.C. Heyde, P. Crepel, S.E. Fienberg, E. Seneta, J. Gani, 2013-12-01 Written by leading statisticians and probabilists, this volume consists of 104 biographical articles on eminent contributors to statistical and probabilistic ideas born prior to the 20th Century. Among the statisticians covered are Fermat, Pascal, Huygens, Neumann, Bernoulli, Bayes, Laplace, Legendre, Gauss, Poisson, Pareto, Markov, Bachelier, Borel, and many more. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Mathematics in Victorian Britain Raymond Flood, Adrian Rice, Robin Wilson, 2011-09-29 With a foreword by Adam Hart-Davis, this book constitutes perhaps the first general survey of the mathematics of the Victorian period. It charts the institutional development of mathematics as a profession, as well as exploring the numerous innovations made during this time, many of which are still familiar today. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Extraordinary Women in Science & Medicine Ronald K. Smeltzer, Robert J. Ruben, Paulette Rose, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Randi Hutter Epstein, 2013 Twenty-three women representing the physical sciences were selected by the curators in the subject areas of physics, chemistry, astronomy, mathematics, and computing. Nine women in the field of medical sciences were selected. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Mathematics in Victorian Britain photographer and broadcaster Foreword by Dr Adam Hart-Davis, 2011-09-29 During the Victorian era, industrial and economic growth led to a phenomenal rise in productivity and invention. That spirit of creativity and ingenuity was reflected in the massive expansion in scope and complexity of many scientific disciplines during this time, with subjects evolving rapidly and the creation of many new disciplines. The subject of mathematics was no exception and many of the advances made by mathematicians during the Victorian period are still familiar today; matrices, vectors, Boolean algebra, histograms, and standard deviation were just some of the innovations pioneered by these mathematicians. This book constitutes perhaps the first general survey of the mathematics of the Victorian period. It assembles in a single source research on the history of Victorian mathematics that would otherwise be out of the reach of the general reader. It charts the growth and institutional development of mathematics as a profession through the course of the 19th century in England, Scotland, Ireland, and across the British Empire. It then focuses on developments in specific mathematical areas, with chapters ranging from developments in pure mathematical topics (such as geometry, algebra, and logic) to Victorian work in the applied side of the subject (including statistics, calculating machines, and astronomy). Along the way, we encounter a host of mathematical scholars, some very well known (such as Charles Babbage, James Clerk Maxwell, Florence Nightingale, and Lewis Carroll), others largely forgotten, but who all contributed to the development of Victorian mathematics. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Emmy Noether 1882–1935 DICK, 2012-12-06 N 1964 at the World's Fair in New York I City one room was dedicated solely to mathematics. The display included a very at tractive and informative mural, about 13 feet long, sponsored by one of the largest com puter manufacturing companies and present ing a brief survey of the history of mathemat ics. Entitled, Men of Modern Mathematics, it gives an outline of the development of that science from approximately 1000 B. C. to the year of the exhibition. The first centuries of this time span are illustrated by pictures from the history of art and, in particular, architec ture; the period since 1500 is illuminated by portraits of mathematicians, including brief descriptions of their lives and professional achievements. Close to eighty portraits are crowded into a space of about fourteen square feet; among them, only one is of a woman. Her face-mature, intelligent, neither pretty nor handsome-may suggest her love of sci- 1 Emmy Noether ence and creative gift, but certainly reveals a likeable personality and a genuine kindness of heart. It is the portrait of Emmy Noether ( 1882 - 1935), surrounded by the likenesses of such famous men as Joseph Liouville (1809-1882), Georg Cantor (1845-1918), and David Hilbert (1862 -1943). It is accom panied by the following text: Emmy Noether, daughter of the mathemati cian Max, was often called Der Noether, as if she were a man. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Women in Mathematics Lynn M. Osen, 1975-02-15 Mathematicians, science historians, and general readers will find this book a lively history; women will find it a reminder of a proud tradition and a challenge to take their rightful place in academic life today. The colorful lives of these women, who often traveled in the most avant-garde circles of their day, are presented in fascinating detail. The obstacles and censures that were also a part of their lives are a sobering reminder of the bias against women still present in this and other fields of academic endeavor. Mathematicians, science historians, and general readers will find this book a lively history; women will find it a reminder of a proud tradition and a challenge to take their rightful place in academic life today. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Population-Based Nursing Ann L. Cupp Curley, Patty A. Vitale, 2011-10-19 Print+CourseSmart |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: The Lady Tasting Tea David Salsburg, 2002-05-01 An insightful, revealing history of the magical mathematics that transformed our world. The Lady Tasting Tea is not a book of dry facts and figures, but the history of great individuals who dared to look at the world in a new way. At a summer tea party in Cambridge, England, a guest states that tea poured into milk tastes different from milk poured into tea. Her notion is shouted down by the scientific minds of the group. But one man, Ronald Fisher, proposes to scientifically test the hypothesis. There is no better person to conduct such an experiment, for Fisher is a pioneer in the field of statistics. The Lady Tasting Tea spotlights not only Fisher's theories but also the revolutionary ideas of dozens of men and women which affect our modern everyday lives. Writing with verve and wit, David Salsburg traces breakthroughs ranging from the rise and fall of Karl Pearson's theories to the methods of quality control that rebuilt postwar Japan's economy, including a pivotal early study on the capacity of a small beer cask at the Guinness brewing factory. Brimming with intriguing tidbits and colorful characters, The Lady Tasting Tea salutes the spirit of those who dared to look at the world in a new way. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Grasping Mysteries Jeannine Atkins, 2020-08-04 Learn about seven groundbreaking women in math and science in this gorgeously written biographical novel-in-verse, a companion to the “original and memorable” (Booklist, starred review) Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science. After a childhood spent looking up at the stars, Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet and to earn a salary for scientific research. Florence Nightingale was a trailblazing nurse whose work reformed hospitals and one of the founders of the field of medical statistics. The first female electrical engineer, Hertha Marks Ayrton registered twenty-six patents for her inventions. Marie Tharp helped create the first map of the entire ocean floor, which helped scientists understand our subaquatic world and suggested how the continents shifted. A mathematical prodigy, Katherine Johnson calculated trajectories and launch windows for many NASA projects including the Apollo 11 mission. Edna Lee Paisano, a citizen of the Nez Perce Nation, was the first Native American to work full time for the Census Bureau, overseeing a large increase in American Indian and Alaskan Native representation. And Vera Rubin studied more than two hundred galaxies and found the first strong evidence for dark matter. Told in vibrant, evocative poems, this stunning novel celebrates seven remarkable women who used math as their key to explore the mysteries of the universe and grew up to do innovative work that changed the world. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Notes on Nursing Florence Nightingale, 1902 |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Cassandra Florence Nightingale, 1979 The world knows Florence Nightingale as the lady with the lamp--the revered founder of nursing as a respectable profession for women. But few people are aware that Nightingale's career began only after years of struggle to free herself from her suffocating Victorian family. In this surprisingly passionate feminist essay (a brilliant polemic, states Martha Vicinus), Nightingale denounces the lives of idleness she and other women of her class were forced to lead. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Notes on Hospitals Florence Nightingale, 1859 |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Notes on Nursing for the Labouring Classes Florence Nightingale, 1861 |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Wonders Beyond Numbers Johnny Ball, 2019-05-07 By introducing us to the major characters and leading us through many historical twists and turns, Johnny slowly unravels the tale of how humanity built up a knowledge and understanding of shapes, numbers and patterns from ancient times, a story that leads directly to the technological wonderland we live in today. As Galileo said, 'Everything in the universe is written in the language of mathematics', and Wonders Beyond Numbers is your guide to this language. (4ème de couverture) |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Philosophy and Fun of Algebra Boole Mary Everest, 2018-10-15 This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Games, Gods and Gambling Florence Nightingale David, 2012-10-01 Additional Contributors Are Jean Edmiston, E. H. Thorne, And Maxine Merrington. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Historical Modules for the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics Victor J. Katz, Karen Dee Michalowiz, 2020-03-02 Contains 11 modules consist of a number of activities designed to demonstrate the use of the history of mathematics in the teaching of mathematics. Objectives of the Modules: To enable students to develop a much richer understanding of mathematics and its applications by viewing the same phenomena from multiple mathematical perspectives; To enable students to understand the historical background and connections among historical ideas leading to the development of mathematics; To enable students to see how mathematical concepts evolved over periods of time; To provide students with opportunities to apply their knowledge of mathematics to various concrete situations and problems in a historical context; To develop in students an appreciation of the history connected with the development of different mathematical concepts; To enable students to recognize and use connections among mathematical ideas; To enable students to understand how mathematical ideas interconnect and build on one another to produce a coherent whole; To lead students to recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics.--Publisher. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Heart and Soul Gena K. Gorrell, 2013-01-29 In Florence Nightingale’s day, if a person was sick – and lucky – he or she was nursed at home with caring family members tending the bedside. Hospitals were horrible places from which few emerged alive. The nurses were often drunks and prostitutes. Doctors had rudimentary skills. Thus the privileged Nightingale family was appalled when Florence, who had done her share of household nursing, announced that she wanted to train to work in a hospital. After all, her role was cut out for her: she was to be a decorative, witty lady. A career, much less nursing, was out of the question. It took many years, but Florence found her calling in Crimea. More English soldiers died of sickness there than died in battle. If they were wounded they were almost sure to suffer in misery, lying on pallets caked with old blood, hungry and thirsty, without anyone to offer them so much as a sip of water. Florence caused a revolution in her insistence for cleanliness, wholesome food, and kind treatment of men, who were considered to be nothing more than cannon fodder. Florence’s campaign resulted in reforms to health care for millions of people. Although she was in frail health for much of her life, her sense of outrage and her extraordinary stamina in the face of prejudice and almost criminal ignorance make her story one of the most inspiring in history. Dozens of photographs, posters, and cartoons bring the past to life in this memorable biography. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: The Theory That Would Not Die Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, 2011-05-17 This account of how a once reviled theory, Baye’s rule, came to underpin modern life is both approachable and engrossing (Sunday Times). A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok. In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores this controversial theorem and the generations-long human drama surrounding it. McGrayne traces the rule’s discovery by an 18th century amateur mathematician through its development by French scientist Pierre Simon Laplace. She reveals why respected statisticians rendered it professionally taboo for 150 years—while practitioners relied on it to solve crises involving great uncertainty and scanty information, such as Alan Turing's work breaking Germany's Enigma code during World War II. McGrayne also explains how the advent of computer technology in the 1980s proved to be a game-changer. Today, Bayes' rule is used everywhere from DNA de-coding to Homeland Security. Drawing on primary source material and interviews with statisticians and other scientists, The Theory That Would Not Die is the riveting account of how a seemingly simple theorem ignited one of the greatest controversies of all time. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Notes on Nightingale Sioban Nelson, Anne Marie Rafferty, 2011-03-15 Florence Nightingale remains an inspiration to nurses around the world for her pioneering work treating wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War; authorship of Notes on Nursing, the foundational text for nursing practice; establishment of the world's first nursing school; and advocacy for the hygienic treatment of patients and sanitary design of hospitals. In Notes on Nightingale, nursing historians and scholars offer their valuable reflections on Nightingale and analysis of her role in the profession a century after her death on 13 August 1910 and 150 years since the Nightingale School of Nursing (now the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at King's College, London) opened its doors to probationers at St Thomas' Hospital. There is a great deal of controversy about Nightingale—opinions about her life and work range from blind worship to blanket denunciation. The question of Nightingale and her place in nursing history and in contemporary nursing discourse is a topic of continuing interest for nursing students, teachers, and professional associations. This book offers new scholarship on Nightingale's work in the Crimea and the British colonies and her connection to the emerging science of statistics, as well as valuable reevaluations of her evolving legacy and the surrounding myths, symbolism, and misconceptions. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Theoretical Basis for Nursing Melanie McEwan, Evelyn M. Wills, 2021-12-02 Concise, contemporary, and accessible to students with little-to-no prior knowledge of nursing theory, Theoretical Basis for Nursing, 6th Edition, clarifies the application of theory and helps students become more confident, well-rounded nurses. With balanced coverage of grand, middle range, and shared theories, this acclaimed, AJN Award-winning text is extensively researched and easy to read, providing an engaging, approachable guide to developing, analyzing, and evaluating theory in students’ nursing careers. Updated content reflects the latest perspectives on clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, and situation-specific theories, accompanied by engaging resources that give students the confidence to apply concepts to their own practice. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Stamping through Mathematics Robin J. Wilson, 2006-05-07 The astonishing variety and beauty of mathematical elements in stamp design is brought to life in this collection of more than 350 stamps, illustrated with mathematical figures, people, and content, each reproduced in enlarged format, in full color. It's a perfect gift book for anyone interested in stamps, or in the surprising use of mathematics in the real world. The author is widely known in the math community for his regular column on stamps in the magazine The Mathematical Intelligencer. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: The Foundations of Mathematics, Updated Edition Michael Bradley, 2019-11-01 Praise for the previous edition: “…ample information for reports.”—School Library Journal During the 16th and 17th centuries, mathematicians developed a wealth of new ideas but had not carefully employed accurate definitions, proofs, or procedures to document and implement them. However, in the early 19th century, mathematicians began to recognize the need to precisely define their terms, to logically prove even obvious principles, and to use rigorous methods of manipulation. The Foundations of Mathematics, Updated Edition presents the lives and accomplishments of 10 mathematicians who contributed to one or more of the four major initiatives that characterized the rapid growth of mathematics during the 19th century: the introduction of rigor, the investigation of the structure of mathematical systems, the development of new branches of mathematics, and the spread of mathematical activity throughout Europe. This updated edition communicates the importance and impact of the work of the pioneers who redefined this area of study. Each unit contains information on the person's research, discoveries, and contributions to the field and concludes with a list of print and Internet references specific to that individual. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Florence Nightingale’s Suggestions for Thought Lynn McDonald, 2008-12-11 Florence Nightingale’s Suggestions for Thought has intrigued readers from feminist-philosopher J.S. Mill (who used it in his The Subjection of Women) to the latest generation of women’s activists. Although selections from this long work have been published, Lynn McDonald is the first editor to work through the numerous surviving drafts of Nightingale’s writing and present it as a complete volume. Suggestions for Thought contains two early attempted novels, draft sermons, and a lengthy fictional dialogue featuring St. Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits, the American evangelical Jacob Abbott, and British agnostic Harriet Martineau (with cameo appearances by Protestant reformer John Calvin and the poet Shelley) all against an unnamed “M.S.” The most famous section of Suggestions for Thought is the essay Cassandra, famous as a rant against the family for stifling womens aspirations. Here the printed text is shown with the original novel draft alongside. McDonald’s introductions to each section provide historical context and Nightingales later views of the work. Currently, Volumes 1 to 11 are available in e-book version by subscription or from university and college libraries through the following vendors: Canadian Electronic Library, Ebrary, MyiLibrary, and Netlibrary. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Mechanism of the Heavens Mary Somerville, 1831 |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: The Data Detective Tim Harford, 2021-02-02 From “one of the great (greatest?) contemporary popular writers on economics” (Tyler Cowen) comes a smart, lively, and encouraging rethinking of how to use statistics. Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. That’s a mistake, Tim Harford says in The Data Detective. We shouldn’t be suspicious of statistics—we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often “the only way of grasping much of what is going on around us.” If we can toss aside our fears and learn to approach them clearly—understanding how our own preconceptions lead us astray—statistics can point to ways we can live better and work smarter. As “perhaps the best popular economics writer in the world” (New Statesman), Tim Harford is an expert at taking complicated ideas and untangling them for millions of readers. In The Data Detective, he uses new research in science and psychology to set out ten strategies for using statistics to erase our biases and replace them with new ideas that use virtues like patience, curiosity, and good sense to better understand ourselves and the world. As a result, The Data Detective is a big-idea book about statistics and human behavior that is fresh, unexpected, and insightful. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity: A Tale of the Genius Ramanujan Amy Alznauer, 2020-04-14 A young mathematical genius from India searches for the secrets hidden inside numbers — and for someone who understands him — in this gorgeous picture-book biography. A mango . . . is just one thing. But if I chop it in two, then chop the half in two, and keep on chopping, I get more and more bits, on and on, endlessly, to an infinity I could never ever reach. In 1887 in India, a boy named Ramanujan is born with a passion for numbers. He sees numbers in the squares of light pricking his thatched roof and in the beasts dancing on the temple tower. He writes mathematics with his finger in the sand, across the pages of his notebooks, and with chalk on the temple floor. “What is small?” he wonders. “What is big?” Head in the clouds, Ramanujan struggles in school — but his mother knows that her son and his ideas have a purpose. As he grows up, Ramanujan reinvents much of modern mathematics, but where in the world could he find someone to understand what he has conceived? Author Amy Alznauer gently introduces young readers to math concepts while Daniel Miyares’s illustrations bring the wonder of Ramanujan’s world to life in the inspiring real-life story of a boy who changed mathematics and science forever. Back matter includes a bibliography and an author’s note recounting more of Ramanujan’s life and accomplishments, as well as the author’s father’s remarkable discovery of Ramanujan’s Lost Notebook. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Probability Theory for Statistical Methods F. N. David, 2007-03 PREFACE. THE Author of this very practical treatise on Scotch Loch - Fishing desires clearly that it may be of use to all who had it. He does not pretend to have written anything new, but to have attempted to put what he has to say in as readable a form as possible. Everything in the way of the history and habits of fish has been studiously avoided, and technicalities have been used as sparingly as possible. The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general. This section is interleaved with blank shects for the readers notes. The Author need hardly say that any suggestions addressed to the case of the publishers, will meet with consideration in a future edition. We do not pretend to write or enlarge upon a new subject. Much has been said and written-and well said and written too on the art of fishing but loch-fishing has been rather looked upon as a second-rate performance, and to dispel this idea is one of the objects for which this present treatise has been written. Far be it from us to say anything against fishing, lawfully practised in any form but many pent up in our large towns will bear us out when me say that, on the whole, a days loch-fishing is the most convenient. One great matter is, that the loch-fisher is depend- ent on nothing but enough wind to curl the water, -and on a large loch it is very seldom that a dead calm prevails all day, -and can make his arrangements for a day, weeks beforehand whereas the stream- fisher is dependent for a good take on the state of the water and however pleasant and easy it may be for one living near the banks of a good trout stream or river, it is quite another matter to arrange for a days river-fishing, if one is looking forward to a holiday at a date some weeks ahead. Providence may favour the expectant angler with a good day, and the water in order but experience has taught most of us that the good days are in the minority, and that, as is the case with our rapid running streams, -such as many of our northern streams are, -the water is either too large or too small, unless, as previously remarked, you live near at hand, and can catch it at its best. A common belief in regard to loch-fishing is, that the tyro and the experienced angler have nearly the same chance in fishing, -the one from the stern and the other from the bow of the same boat. Of all the absurd beliefs as to loch-fishing, this is one of the most absurd. Try it. Give the tyro either end of the boat he likes give him a cast of ally flies he may fancy, or even a cast similar to those which a crack may be using and if he catches one for every three the other has, he may consider himself very lucky. Of course there are lochs where the fish are not abundant, and a beginner may come across as many as an older fisher but we speak of lochs where there are fish to be caught, and where each has a fair chance. Again, it is said that the boatman has as much to do with catching trout in a loch as the angler. Well, we dont deny that. In an untried loch it is necessary to have the guidance of a good boatman but the same argument holds good as to stream-fishing... |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: A New Kind of Science Stephen Wolfram, 2002 This work presents a series of dramatic discoveries never before made public. Starting from a collection of simple computer experiments---illustrated in the book by striking computer graphics---Wolfram shows how their unexpected results force a whole new way of looking at the operation of our universe. Wolfram uses his approach to tackle a remarkable array of fundamental problems in science: from the origin of the Second Law of thermodynamics, to the development of complexity in biology, the computational limitations of mathematics, the possibility of a truly fundamental theory of physics, and the interplay between free will and determinism. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Luminaries of the Past Mary Beth Modic, Joyce J Fitzpatrick, 2021-05-10 Nurses work in hospitals, clinics, and schools. They work on cruise ships and at summer camps, and they debate in the United States Congress. They are scientists, inventors, and authors. They care for newborns when they take their first breath and the dying when they take their last. Nurses work everywhere, yet much of their work is unknown to the public. Learn about 50 remarkable nurses who changed the world and saved lives. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: The Art of More Michael Brooks, 2022-01-18 An illuminating, millennia-spanning history of the impact mathematics has had on the world, and the fascinating people who have mastered its inherent power Counting is not innate to our nature, and without education humans can rarely count past three — beyond that, it’s just “more.” But once harnessed by our ancestors, the power of numbers allowed humanity to flourish in ways that continue to lead to discoveries and enrich our lives today. Ancient tax collectors used basic numeracy to fuel the growth of early civilization, navigators used clever geometrical tricks to engage in trade and connect people across vast distances, astronomers used logarithms to unlock the secrets of the heavens, and their descendants put them to use to land us on the moon. In every case, mathematics has proved to be a greatly underappreciated engine of human progress. In this captivating, sweeping history, Michael Brooks acts as our guide through the ages. He makes the case that mathematics was one of the foundational innovations that catapulted humanity from a nomadic existence to civilization, and that it has since then been instrumental in every great leap of humankind. Here are ancient Egyptian priests, Babylonian bureaucrats, medieval architects, dueling Swiss brothers, renaissance painters, and an eccentric professor who invented the infrastructure of the online world. Their stories clearly demonstrate that the invention of mathematics was every bit as important to the human species as was the discovery of fire. From first page to last, The Art of More brings mathematics back into the heart of what it means to be human. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: The Art of Nursing Florence Nightingale, 1946 |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: J-holomorphic Curves and Symplectic Topology Dusa McDuff, Dietmar Salamon, 2012 The main goal of this book is to establish the fundamental theorems of the subject in full and rigourous detail. In particular, the book contains complete proofs of Gromov's compactness theorem for spheres, of the gluing theorem for spheres, and of the associatively of quantum multiplication in the semipositive case. The book can also serve as an introduction to current work in symplectic topology. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: In Pursuit of the Unknown Ian Stewart, 2012-03-13 The seventeen equations that form the basis for life as we know it. Most people are familiar with history's great equations: Newton's Law of Gravity, for instance, or Einstein's theory of relativity. But the way these mathematical breakthroughs have contributed to human progress is seldom appreciated. In In Pursuit of the Unknown, celebrated mathematician Ian Stewart untangles the roots of our most important mathematical statements to show that equations have long been a driving force behind nearly every aspect of our lives. Using seventeen of our most crucial equations -- including the Wave Equation that allowed engineers to measure a building's response to earthquakes, saving countless lives, and the Black-Scholes model, used by bankers to track the price of financial derivatives over time -- Stewart illustrates that many of the advances we now take for granted were made possible by mathematical discoveries. An approachable, lively, and informative guide to the mathematical building blocks of modern life, In Pursuit of the Unknown is a penetrating exploration of how we have also used equations to make sense of, and in turn influence, our world. |
| florence nightingale mathematical contributions: Nihilist Girl Sofʹi︠a︡ Vasilʹevna Kovalevskai︠a︡, 2001 First published in 1892, this novel is the coming-of-age story of Vera Baranstova, a young aristocrat who longs to devote her life to a cause. |
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Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) - Springer
Florence Nightingale’s legendary and iconic stature pervades the domi- nant discourse in nursing, public health and sanitary reform, given the enormity of her contributions to these fields.
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910): An Unexpected Master of …
Florence Nightingale is known for her nursing skills in the Crimean War. This article shows how she used her mathematical and statistical knowledge to advise the British Army and …
Florence Nightingale: Statistics to Save Lives - Semantic Scholar
This paper reviews Florence Nightingale’s contribution to the use of statistics to save lives, beginning with the Crimean War (1854-56). It addresses accusations to the contrary, that her …
388 American Statistical Association. [44 - JSTOR
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE AS STATISTICIAN. By Edwin W. Kopf. The somewhat legendary accounts of this remarkable woman contain but few references to that part of her life and work …
Florence Nightingale and Oxford Statistics - University of Oxford
Florence Nightingale’s influence on nursing is well known but her influence on the development and use of statistics is less familiar. Taught by her father, Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) …
Florence Nightingale The Woman who invented.
Florence Nightingale had exhibited a gift for mathematics from an early age and excelled under the tutorship of her father. She had a special interest in statistics, a field in which her father …
The radiant diagrams of Florence Nightingale
This article is a tribute to the contributions of Florence Nightingale to statistics and statistical graphics on her bicentennial. We start with her most famous “rose” diagram and describe how
Florence Nightingale and Statistics: What She Did and What …
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) ⚫Fame from the Crimean War 1854-56 ⚫First woman Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, 1858, from her Crimean War analysis, done with Dr William …
Florence Nightingale - JSTOR
Nightingale learned at first hand as chief nurse during the Crimean War (1854-56) that improved sanitary condi tions in military hospitals and barracks could sharply cut the death rate and …
Florence Nightingale (1820–1910): A Pioneer of Data …
Abstract In this chapter Florence Nightingale is positioned not just as a math-ematician and statistician but also as a forerunner of the modern-day areas now known as operational …
The Polar Area Diagrams of Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale, who I always thought of as the “lady with the lamp”, was a competent Mathematician who created her own type of statistical diagram which she used to save …
TENTH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE UCLA Women in Math - UCLA …
figures. Florence nightingale famously revolutionized healthcare, and in doing so, introduced the idea that social phenomena could be objectively measured and subjected to mathematical …
The radiant diagrams of Florence Nightingale - data vis
Nightingale was born to a wealthy, landed British family. As a young girl, she exhibited an interest in and flair for mathematics, encouraged by her father, William. One of her mathematics tutors …
Famous Female Statisticians - William & Mary
Florence utilized new statistical visuals known as Coxcomb Charts to present her analyses of the data she collected at the Crimean War Barrack Hospital. For her work as a nurse, …
The Contributions of the Writings of Florence Nightingale
The Contributions of the Writings of Florence Nightingale' E. CATHERINE PARKER School of Nursing, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio T HE writings of all great per-sons paint …
Maria Gaetana Agnesi - Resources
Contributions to Mathematics * Einstein said “She is the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began.” * joined faculty at Bryn …
A Mathematical Theory of Evidence turns 40 - Glenn Shafer
Florence Nightingale David (1909 1993) had worked for decades at University College London, be-ginning as an assistant to Karl Pearson in 1933. There she had experienced R. A. Fisher's …
Florence Nightingale - MacTutor History of Mathematics …
Finding a calendar page about FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE in the series about famous or less famous mathematicians may seem confusing, but the famous Englishwoman's contributions to …
Florence NIGHTINGALE Summary. - Encyclopedia of …
Florence NIGHTINGALE b. 12 May 1820 - d. 13 August 1910 Summary. Nightingale - a ”Passionate Statistician” rather than ”Lady with the Lamp” - was driven by the scandalous …
The Mathematical Life of Florence Nightingale Professor …
Today I want to explore the mathematical work of Florence Nightingale. How she came to do it, how it fits in with the development of statistics as a mathematical subject, and the use of …
Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) - Springer
Florence Nightingale’s legendary and iconic stature pervades the domi- nant discourse in nursing, public health and sanitary reform, given the enormity of her contributions to these fields.
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910): An Unexpected Master of …
Florence Nightingale is known for her nursing skills in the Crimean War. This article shows how she used her mathematical and statistical knowledge to advise the British Army and …
Florence Nightingale: Statistics to Save Lives - Semantic …
This paper reviews Florence Nightingale’s contribution to the use of statistics to save lives, beginning with the Crimean War (1854-56). It addresses accusations to the contrary, that her …
388 American Statistical Association. [44 - JSTOR
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE AS STATISTICIAN. By Edwin W. Kopf. The somewhat legendary accounts of this remarkable woman contain but few references to that part of her life and work …
Florence Nightingale and Oxford Statistics - University of …
Florence Nightingale’s influence on nursing is well known but her influence on the development and use of statistics is less familiar. Taught by her father, Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) …
Florence Nightingale The Woman who invented.
Florence Nightingale had exhibited a gift for mathematics from an early age and excelled under the tutorship of her father. She had a special interest in statistics, a field in which her father was …
The radiant diagrams of Florence Nightingale
This article is a tribute to the contributions of Florence Nightingale to statistics and statistical graphics on her bicentennial. We start with her most famous “rose” diagram and describe how
Florence Nightingale and Statistics: What She Did and What …
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) ⚫Fame from the Crimean War 1854-56 ⚫First woman Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, 1858, from her Crimean War analysis, done with Dr William …
Florence Nightingale - JSTOR
Nightingale learned at first hand as chief nurse during the Crimean War (1854-56) that improved sanitary condi tions in military hospitals and barracks could sharply cut the death rate and save …
Florence Nightingale (1820–1910): A Pioneer of Data …
Abstract In this chapter Florence Nightingale is positioned not just as a math-ematician and statistician but also as a forerunner of the modern-day areas now known as operational …
The Polar Area Diagrams of Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale, who I always thought of as the “lady with the lamp”, was a competent Mathematician who created her own type of statistical diagram which she used to save …
TENTH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE UCLA Women in Math - UCLA …
figures. Florence nightingale famously revolutionized healthcare, and in doing so, introduced the idea that social phenomena could be objectively measured and subjected to mathematical …
The radiant diagrams of Florence Nightingale - data vis
Nightingale was born to a wealthy, landed British family. As a young girl, she exhibited an interest in and flair for mathematics, encouraged by her father, William. One of her mathematics tutors …
Famous Female Statisticians - William & Mary
Florence utilized new statistical visuals known as Coxcomb Charts to present her analyses of the data she collected at the Crimean War Barrack Hospital. For her work as a nurse, …
The Contributions of the Writings of Florence Nightingale
The Contributions of the Writings of Florence Nightingale' E. CATHERINE PARKER School of Nursing, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio T HE writings of all great per-sons paint …
Maria Gaetana Agnesi - Resources
Contributions to Mathematics * Einstein said “She is the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began.” * joined faculty at Bryn …
A Mathematical Theory of Evidence turns 40 - Glenn Shafer
Florence Nightingale David (1909 1993) had worked for decades at University College London, be-ginning as an assistant to Karl Pearson in 1933. There she had experienced R. A. Fisher's …
