Episode 23 - Alicia Boole Stott & Mary Everest Boole

02/06/2017 6 min
Episode 23 - Alicia Boole Stott & Mary Everest Boole

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Rachel White gives a biography on both Alicia Boole Stott and Mary Everest Boole, a mother & daughter from the 19th century. Alicia is the daughter of Mary Everest Boole and George Boole and developed polytopes which are a huge area of study today! Mary is an esteemed mathematician on her own with a number of interesting hobbies that Rachel speaks about. This podcast is part of Damien Adams' series Women in Math: The Limit Does Not Exist.