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Why aren’t my eyes blue?

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Tema: Probability

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España > Matemáticas > 3º ESO > Sentido estocástico

España > Matemáticas > 3º ESO > Sentido socioafectivo

España > Matemáticas > 4º(A) ESO > Sentido estocástico

España > Matemáticas > 4º(A) ESO > Sentido socioafectivo

España > Matemáticas > 4º(B) ESO > Sentido estocástico

España > Matemáticas > 4º(B) ESO > Sentido socioafectivo

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Observaciones y contexto

- This is a difficult activity, considering it needs some background on genetics. It is important that the table is explained well and that students have help in completing the process of calculating all possible combinations and finding out the eye colour. It can be studied, of course, in biology.

- She was contemporary with many other great female mathematicians and physicians: Emmy Noether (1982-1935), who made relevant contributions to physics theory and abstract algebra; Mileva Maric (1875-1948), Albert Einstein's wife, who worked alongside him in the theory of relativity; Marie Curie (1867-1934), pioneer in the field of radioactivity and two-time receiver of the Nobel prize; Tatiana Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa (1876-1964), a mathematician and physician who worked in mechanic statistics.

- Some of her predecessors were important mathematicians and science educators, like Charlotte Angas Scott (1838-1931), a specialist in algebra and geometry and advocate of women's incorporation into universities; Nicole Lepaute (1723-1788); Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799), mathematician specialist in differential and integral calculus; Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (1646-1684); Maria Cunitz (1610-1664); and Sophia Brahe (1556-1643).

- She worked in applied mathematics in particular, applying probability techniques to the study of genetics, as Florence Nightingale (1820-1919) did before her, when she applied statistics in her job as a nurse; or as Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906-1972) did later, when she applied probability calculations in her study of particle physics.

- Other contemporary figures of Hilda Geiringer are engineer and architect Anna Wagner (1889-1943); the inventors Beulah Louise Henry, nicknamed Lady Edison (1887-1973), and Maria Beasley (1847-1904); the teacher Rosa Sensat i Vilà (1873-1961); the writer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954); Maria Orosa (1893-1945), scientist specialized in nutrition and captain of the Filipino army during the Second World War; or the composer Ljubica Marić (1909-2003).

Descripción

In this activity, we will use Laplace's rule of succession to calculate the probability of a baby having blue or brown eyes, keeping in mind the rules of genetics.

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