Florence Nightingale Mathematicians

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Add it up like a Mathematician
Our world is full of mathematics. Math is very important to our daily lives. We use math for many different reasons, for things required as well as those that people are just interested in finding out. Math can be used for personal aspects in our lives as well as professional reasons.
A mathematician is a person whose main area of study is mathematics. Mathematicians concern themselves with logic, transformations, numbers and general ideas which encompass these concepts. Notable mathematicians include Archimedes, Descartes, Fibonacci, Pascal, Pythagoras, Einstein, Stokes, Sir Isaac Newton, and Riemann.
Scientists who research other fields are also considered mathematicians, but only if their research provides insights into mathematics- one example being Isaac Newton. Some mathematicians may even provide insights into other fields of research- these people are known as applied mathematicians. (MathWorld, 2014).
Florence Nightingale is remembered throughout the world for her labors in the field of nursing. Florence Nightingale was born in Italy in 1820...

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