Theano: the world's first female mathematician?

DOI10.1080/0020739X.2012.729614zbMath1291.01038OpenAlexW1975878278WikidataQ56636973 ScholiaQ56636973MaRDI QIDQ4920311

Michael A. B. Deakin

Publication date: 16 May 2013

Published in: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739x.2012.729614

zbMATH Keywords

irrational numbersgolden ratioPythagoraspentagramTheano

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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