Maria Gaetana Agnesi was an Italian mathematician born on May 16, 1718. She is best known for writing the first book dealing with both differential and integral calculus, Instituzioni Analitiche. Later in life, she devoted her time to philanthropy and theology scholarship.
Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M
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About
Mathematician who wrote the first book dealing with both differential and integral calculus, Instituzioni Analitiche. The latter half of her life was spent as a philanthropist and theology scholar.
Before Fame
By the time she was eleven years old, she could speak seven different languages, including French, Hebrew and Latin.
Trivia
She became just the second woman in history to be made a professor at a university.
Family Life
Her sister was Composer Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini.
Associated With
She was appointed as the chair of mathematics, natural philosophy and physics at Bologna by Pope Benedict XVI in 1750.