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Faith, work and mathematics

The Bible is full of builders, planners, merchants, administrators and craftspeople.

Noah worked from dimensions. Joseph planned grain storage across fourteen years. Bezalel and Oholiab built from detailed patterns. These pages explain the math their work required without inventing titles or discoveries the text never gives them.

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1933-2002

Etta Zuber Falconer

United States

Etta Zuber Falconer was mathematician, educator, and academic leader. She strengthened mathematics and science programs for women and Black students at Spelman College.

Algebra · StatisticsProgrammers & Data Analysts
Documented historical record
1807-1883

William Farr

England

William Farr was medical statistician and civil servant. He improved systems for recording births, deaths, and causes of death and used rates to compare populations.

Fractions & Ratios · StatisticsNurses & Pharmacists
Documented historical record
1607-1665

Pierre de Fermat

France

Pierre de Fermat was lawyer and mathematician. He made major contributions to number theory, analytic geometry, probability, and methods for maxima and tangents.

Numbers · AlgebraScientists & Astronomers
Documented historical record
c. 1170-after 1240

Fibonacci

Pisa and the Mediterranean

A Pisan mathematician whose Liber Abaci promoted efficient calculation with Hindu-Arabic numerals for trade, conversion, interest, and mathematical problems.

Arithmetic · Fractions & RatiosMerchants & Business Owners
Documented historical record
1905-1998

Tommy Flowers

Britain

Tommy Flowers was telephone engineer and computer designer. He designed Colossus, an electronic machine used to analyze high-level encrypted wartime communications.

Arithmetic · AlgebraProgrammers & Data Analysts
Documented historical record
1768-1830

Joseph Fourier

France

Joseph Fourier was mathematician and physicist. He represented heat flow with differential equations and trigonometric series.

Trigonometry · StatisticsEngineers & Architects
Documented historical record
c. 1415-1492

Piero della Francesca

Italy

Piero della Francesca was painter and mathematical author. He wrote on perspective, solid geometry, and practical arithmetic while applying proportion to visual art.

Fractions & Ratios · GeometryArtists & Musicians
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