Julia Robinson (Mathematician Series) –36×36”Melted hand cast encaustic crayons Julia Robinson (1919-1985) was born in St. Louis, Missouri to a father who ran a machine tool and equipment business and a schoolteacher mother. Due to scarlet and rheumatic fevers, she missed two years of school as a child and progressed through four […]
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David Blackwell (Mathematician Series) –36×36”Melted hand cast encaustic crayons David Blackwell (1919-2010) was born in Illinois to a father who worked in the railroad business and a homemaker mother. He recalled that, as a student in an integrated school, he was unaware of discrimination against African-Americans during his childhood. At the […]
Kurt Gödel (Mathematician Series) –36×36”Melted hand cast encaustic crayons Kurt Gödel (1906 – 1978) was born in what is now Brno, Czech Republic. As a child, his nickname was Herr Warum (Mr. Why, in German), and due to his voracious curiosity, he excelled in all subjects in school. Incredibly, the theorems […]
John von Neumann Mathematician Series) –36×36”Melted hand cast encaustic crayons John von Neumann (1903-1957) was born in Budapest, Hungary to wealthy, educated parents who surrounded him with books and governesses. Already at the age of six, he was able to divide long strings of numbers in his head like a […]
Bertrand Russell (Mathematician Series) –36×36”Melted hand cast encaustic crayons Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) was a quintessential Renaissance man. A Welshman gifted in mathematics as well as philosophy, writing, history, politics, and social theory, he hailed from a long line of British aristocracy. His godfather was the philosopher/economist John Stuart Mill, and […]
Olga Ladyzhenskaya (Mathematician Series) –36×36”Melted hand cast encaustic crayons Olga Ladyzhenskaya (1922-2004) was born in Kologriv, Russia and, along with her sisters, grew up devotedly studying under her father, who was a math teacher. Having descended from Russian nobility and known as an intellectual, he was executed by Stalin’s regime […]
Georg Cantor (Mathematician Series) –36×36”Melted hand cast encaustic crayons Georg Cantor (1845-1918) was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. When he was eleven, his family moved to Germany where he excelled at both mathematics and the violin. After earning a PhD at the University of Berlin, he took a position at […]
Mary Cartwright (Mathematician Series) –36×36”Melted hand cast encaustic crayons Mary Cartwright (1900-1998) was a mathematician in England when women were just beginning to break into the male-dominated field. Despite her tendency to play down her achievements and contributions in the world of mathematics, she was eventually knighted, becoming Dame Mary […]
Srinivasa Ramanujan (Mathematician Series) –36×36”Melted hand cast encaustic crayon Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) was born a Hindu in southeastern India. During his school years, he really only wanted to work on mathematical problems, so it was difficult for him to pass any of his other courses. After taking mostly math classes, […]
David Hilbert (Mathematician Series) –36×36”Melted hand cast encaustic crayons David Hilbert (1862-1943) was born in Prussia in what is today the city of Kaliningrad, Russia. His mother indulged in math and astronomy as hobbies, and this influence guided David’s career path. After attending college and teaching at the university in […]
