Maria Edgeworth: Nineteenth century Irish female pioneer of science education.

Maria Edgeworth was a nineteenth century novelist, primarily remembered for her adult and children's novels. Yet her book, Letters for literary ladies discussed the importance of science education for girls and in conjunction with her father, Richard Edgeworth, she wrote several treatises on education. Their book Practical education advocates an inquiry approach to teaching science and also using scientific practices, such as observation and data collection, to examine and plan children's education. They emphasised the importance and the role of experimentation, observation and critical thinking in the development of children's knowledge, skills and attitudes towards learning. However, the history of science education has to date ignored this seminal work and Maria's contributions to women's science education.

Considerações sobre a Tradução de Literatura Infanto-Juvenil: “Lazy Lawrence” de Maria Edgeworth

Esta dissertação de Mestrado em Tradução pretende, através da análise da tradução de um texto cultural e temporalmente distante – “Lazy Lawrence” (1796), da autoria de Maria Edgeworth, – reflectir sobre a tradução de literatura infanto-juvenil, partindo de alguns pressupostos teóricos. Despertar um texto, com estas características, abre espaço para formular múltiplas hipóteses e retirar algumas conclusões. Na primeira parte, é apresentada a autora em estudo, Maria Edgeworth, seguindo-se uma incursão pela sua obra. Num segundo momento, tecem-se considerações sobre a literatura infanto-juvenil e a sua tradução. Na terceira parte, são apresentadas algumas perspectivas teóricas sobre a tradução, abrindo espaço à reflexão, a partir de uma análise da tradução do conto “Lazy Lawrence”, apontando e descrevendo algumas das opções tomadas, as quais procuram demonstrar as múltiplas questões que se colocam a um tradutor quando tem de lidar com um texto, temporal e culturalmente, afastado da cultura de chegada.

Mémoires de M. l'abbé Edgeworth de Firmont , dernier confesseur de Louis XVI. Recueillis par C. Sneyd Edgeworth. Et traduits de l'anglais par le traducteur d'Edmond Burke

Mécénat texte imprimé : Cet ouvrage a été numérisé grâce à Christian Leonce à la mémoire du Roy Louis XVI

Testing option pricing with the Edgeworth expansion

There is a well-developed framework, the Black-Scholes theory, for the pricing of contracts based on the future prices of certain assets, called options. This theory assumes that the probability distribution of the returns of the underlying asset is a Gaussian distribution. However, it is observed in the market that this hypothesis is flawed, leading to the introduction of a fudge factor, the so-called volatility smile. Therefore, it would be interesting to explore extensions of the Black-Scholes theory to non-Gaussian distributions. In this paper, we provide an explicit formula for the price of an option when the distributions of the returns of the underlying asset is parametrized by an Edgeworth expansion, which allows for the introduction of higher independent moments of the probability distribution, namely skewness and kurtosis. We test our formula with options in the Brazilian and American markets, showing that the volatility smile can be reduced. We also check whether our approach leads to more efficient hedging strategies of these instruments. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

The Abbé Edgeworth and his friends,

Bibliography: p. [303]-304.

American popular lessons : chiefly selected from the writings of Mr. Barbauld, miss Edgeworth and other approved writers... /

Mode of access: Internet.

Maria Edgeworth, selections from her works /

Contains extracts from Castle Rackrent, Ennui, The absentee, and Ormond, "which were directly concerned with Ireland."

American popular lessons, chiefly selected from the writings of Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, and other approved authors. Designed particularly for the younger classes of children in schools.

Mode of access: Internet.

Third lessons in reading and grammar : for the use of schools : chiefly from the works of Miss Edgeworth /

Mode of access: Internet.

American popular lessons : chiefly selected from the writings of Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, and other approved writers.

Mode of access: Internet.

Mémoires de m. l'abbé Edgeworth de Firmont : dernier confesseur de Louis XVI /

Quérard,

Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, esq.

Volume 1 dated 1821, v.2 dated 1820.

The novels of Maria Edgeworth.

v.1-2. Belinda.--v.3-4. Leonora. Ennui.--v.5-6. Vivian. The Absentee.--v.7-8. Patronage.--v.9-10. Harrington. Ormond.--v.11-12. Helen.