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Marie- Sophie Germain was born in Paris, France on April 1, 1776. Daughter of Ambroise Francois Germain a silk merchant, politician and Marie-Madelaine Gruguelin. ... Sophie was exposed to political and philosophical discussions as a young girl. ...
Sophie fought her boredom of being home by reading her fathers large collection of books. ... When Sophie was thirteen she read an account of the death of Archimedes and how he died at the hands of a Roman soldier. ... After discovering geometry, Sophie Germain taught herself mathematics, and also Latin and Greek so that she could read the classical mathematics texts. ... No one supported Sophie to be a mathematician because that was for men. ... Sophie wanted to become a great mathematician so she decided to further her researches. ... Marie was able to get lecture notes from professors, this gave her the opportunity to learn from many mathematicians that were emerging thanks to the school. ... Lagrange was impressed when Germain sent an analysis about a problem and he really wanted to meet her. ... In 1804 Sophie began sending notes and proofs to Carl Friedrich Gauss. ... She had contributed the Sophie Germain prime which states that if both p and 2 p+1 are prime , then pis a Sophie Germain prime.
Approximate Word count = 1008
Approximate Pages = 4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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