Math 105 CSUDH

Finite Mathematics Dr. S. Moite

Optional Book Report (5 points extra credit) Due anytime up to the last class session

Report on a biography book about one of the mathematicians/scientists listed below, who are mentioned in your Finite Math text. Your report should be about two and a half pages long if typed double space. It must include

1) The name and author of the book (a complete book on one of these people).

2) A description and summary of the contents of the book.

3) Your opinion of the book.

NOTES: Biography (or autobiography) – life story, not the works of the person

Book or a full ebook of a book – not a web page

Read the book, then do the report

Thomas Bayes (1702-1761) John Harsanyi (1920-2000)

Jacob Bernoulli (1654-1705) Wilhelm Jordan (1842-1899)

George Boole (1815-1864) Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827)*

Girolamo Cardano (1501-1576)* Wassily Leontief (1906-1999)

Arthur Cayley (1821-1895)* Andrei A. Markov (1856-1922)

George B. Dantzig (1914-2005) Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)*

Abraham De Moivre (1667-1754) Oskar Morgenstern (1902-1977)

Augustus de Morgan (1806-1871) John Forbes Nash (1928- )*

Rene Descartes (1596-1650)* Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)*

Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665) Reinhard Selten (1930- )

Leonardo Fibonacci (1170-1250) John Venn (1834-1923)

Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855)* John von Neumann (1903-1957)

* Biography in CSUDH library