Mathematicians+in+1812

This activity is for 2º ESO. You will work in seven groups of four and one of three students.  XVII and XVIII centuries had a lot of math activity. There were great mathematicians. You will have to **write a short biography** (copy-pasting is not allowed) of these scientists and try to **explain** at least **one of the problems** that he/she solved so we can understand it.  These are **my proposals**, but any man or woman alived in 1812 will be welcomed:   Groups can repeat a celebrity, but all of them must be studied. If you don't want to repeat, you can choose another one.   There are not a lot of spanish known mathematicians. These are two of them. If you want you can add some information about them.  Here you can find some information about famous mathematicians:
 * **Gaspard Monge** (1746-1818)
 * **Pierre-Simon Laplace** (1749-1827)
 * **Caroline Herschel** (1750-1848)
 * **Sophie Germain** (1776-1831)
 * **Carl Friedrich Gauss** (1777-1855)
 * **Mary Sommerville** (1780-1872)
 * ** María Andrea Casamayor y de la Coma ** (¿?-1780)
 * **José Mariano Vallejo** (1779-1846)

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