Help me choose a mathematician to write about
phaedrus: You should write about Lagrange:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LagrangeI kept running across things named after him or invented by him in different areas (Lagrange points in orbital mechanics, the Lagrange Method in my Calc IV class, variation of parameters in my Diff Equ class.)He isn't such an obvious choice like Goedel, Euler or Newton, yet he has made contributions of a pretty amazing breadth and depth.  That combination could make for a paper that's presents refreshingly new info while also allowing you to talk about a lot of different areas.