1. What brilliant, famous, and beautiful woman mathematician died in incredible pain because her mother withdrew all pain medication? (Hint: The woman is recognized for her contributions to computer programming. The mother wanted her daughter to die painfully so that her daughter's soul would be cleansed.)
2. Which brilliant mathematician was forced to become a human guinea pig and subjected to drug experiments to reverse his homosexuality? (Hint: He was a 1950s computer theorist whose mandatory drug therapy made him impotent and caused his breasts to enlarge. He also helped to break the
codes of the German Enigma machines during World War II.)
3. What famous mathematician deliberately starved himself to death in 1978? (Hint: He was perhaps the most brilliant logician of the 1900s.)
4. Which innovative mathematician suffered from a series of nervous breakdowns over a period of 30 years and died in a mental institution? (Hint: He was one of the most brilliant mathematicians of the 19th century and an avid explorer of the infinite.)
5. What important 11th-century mathematician pretended he was insane so he would not be put to death? (Hint: He was born in Iraq and made contributions to optics)
2. Which brilliant mathematician was forced to become a human guinea pig and subjected to drug experiments to reverse his homosexuality? (Hint: He was a 1950s computer theorist whose mandatory drug therapy made him impotent and caused his breasts to enlarge. He also helped to break the
codes of the German Enigma machines during World War II.)
3. What famous mathematician deliberately starved himself to death in 1978? (Hint: He was perhaps the most brilliant logician of the 1900s.)
4. Which innovative mathematician suffered from a series of nervous breakdowns over a period of 30 years and died in a mental institution? (Hint: He was one of the most brilliant mathematicians of the 19th century and an avid explorer of the infinite.)
5. What important 11th-century mathematician pretended he was insane so he would not be put to death? (Hint: He was born in Iraq and made contributions to optics)