Which Happened First?

Mary Cartwright

Mary Cartwright
Image: by Elliott & Fry, bromide print, 1950, NPG x86637 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright was a British mathematician. She was one of the pioneers of what would later become known as chaos theory. Along with J. E. Littlewood, Cartwright saw many solutions to a problem which would later be seen as an example of the butterfly effect.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Cecilia Helena Payne GaposchkinMay 10, 1900 – December 7, 1979
  2. Charles Francis RichterApril 26, 1900 – September 30, 1985
  3. Dennis GaborJune 5, 1900 – February 8, 1979
  4. Frédéric Joliot-CurieMarch 19, 1900 – August 14, 1958
  5. Mary Cartwright (this page)December 17, 1900 – April 3, 1998
  6. Ragnar GranitOctober 30, 1900 – March 12, 1991

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