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| GENERAL: British Society for the History of Mathematics Links to websites on the history of mathematics. History of Mathematics Includes a long (almost infinite) chronological list of mathematicians, the 23 mathematical problems posed by Hilbert, extensive materials on regional mathematics, and the text of Euclid's Elements (all thirteen books). Maintained by David E. Jones, Dept. of Math and Computer Science, Clark University. The MacTutor History of Mathematics University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Includes biographies, math history topics, and famous curves. Teachers or students can use the "Mathematician of the Day" or "Posters" feature to read about a mathematician for each day of the year. There is also an extensive collections of quotes (by author) PLUS printable posters of mathematicians of that day. A FAVORITE The Math Archives A wonderful eclectic list of links brought to you by the mathematics department of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Appropriate audiences are indicated: K6, High School, Undergraduate, Upper Division, Graduate and Professional. Furthermore, links using lots of images, Java, or other links are also indicated. Nice. A FAVORITE |
HISTORY IN THE CLASSROOM: |
| SPECIALIZED: Mathematics and the Liberal Arts Intended as a resource for student research projects in math history. Includes references to books and articles regarding math in world cultures as well as connections to other disciplines. Maintained by Todd Hammond, Truman State University. Famous Curves Want to know about any famous mathematical curves? Here's the site. Be sure to look at Fermat's Spiral, the model for a 66-foot diameter earthwork for the Humboldt Botanical Garden on the campus of College of the Redwoods. Peter Santino is the artist. MacTutor History of Mathematics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. A FAVORITE History of Math Symbols and Words of Math and Mathematicians on Postage Stamps The symbols are organized within math topics and cite earliest uses. The words of math are alphabetical and show earliest known uses. The math stamp images would make wonderful overheads. An additional link under "words" lists ambiguously defined math terms. Site maintained by Jeff Miller, Gulf High School. A FAVORITE The Joy of Pi The website for the book of the same name, by David Blatner. There are links to pi history and interesting facts. The Pi Pages Simon Fraser University, Canada. This page allows you to listen to a reading of the digits of pi and includes a link to the history of pi. Two Dimensional Curves Many of these curves are historical. The Sieve of Eratosthenes Run a little Java applet to see the creation of the sieve. (Fred Richman, Florida Atlantic University) Introduction to the Works of Euclid A paper written by Donald Lancon, Jr., for a science history class. It is brief introduction to the thirteen books with suggestions for further study and bibliography. He also has information for students on how to avoid plagiarism and cite online sources. Interesting! Mathematical Quotations Maintained by Mark Woodard, Furman University. Quotes are alphabetically organized but you can also chose a random quote. The quotes are not necessarily by mathematicians, but are about mathematics and referenced; add quotes to signatures on your email, tests, homework assignments, and websites. Admirable Table of Logarithmes Copies of the pages of Book 1, by John Napier, 1616. This would be fun to show to an advanced algebra class. Mathematics Department University of Nijmegen. Ethnomathematics Sponsored by the Internation Study Group on Ethnomathematics and affliliated with The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, this site includes links to some very diverse resources. My favorites include lesson plans with objectives, materials lists, and instructions. The site was created and is maintained by Ron Eglash. |
| Maintained by Michele Olsen, College of the Redwoods |