Women in Maths - the story of Sophie Germain
Time Travellers from Essential Classics - bitesize pieces of interest and intrigue from history. Comedian Helen Arney remembers the amazing French revolutionary mathematician Sophie Germain, who had to pretend to be a man to get her ideas out there...
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Music in this clip is:
Bach - Prelude in D major Book 1 No. 5
Wanda Landowska (harpsichord)
Bach (arr. Miki) - Prelude in D major Book 1 No. 5
Mie Miki (accordion)
Bach (arr Ma/Thile/Meyer) - Fugue No. 20 A minor (Book 2)
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Chris Thile (mandolin)
Edgar Meyer (double bass)
Picture credit: Idil Sukan (Helen Arney - used with permission) and iStock (chalkboard)
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