Math through the ages : a gentle history for teachers and others /
Berlinghoff, William P.
Math through the ages : a gentle history for teachers and others / William P. Berlinghoff, Fernando Q. Gouva��?�. - Farmington, Me. : Oxton House Publishers, c2002. - viii, 216 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-206) and index.
History in the mathematics classroom -- The history of mathematics in a large nutshell -- Beginnings -- Greek mathematics -- Meanwhile, in India -- Arabic mathematics -- Medieval Europe -- The 15th and 16th centuries -- Algebra comes of age -- Calculus and applied mathematics -- Rigor and professionalism -- Abstraction, computers, and new applications -- Mathematics today -- Sketches -- Keeping count : writing whole numbers -- Reading and writing arithmetic : where the symbols come from -- 3. Nothing becomes a number : the story of zero -- Broken numbers : writing fractions -- Something less than nothing : negative numbers -- By tens and tenths : metric measurement -- Measuring the circle : the story of [pi] -- The Cossic art : writing algebra with symbols -- Linear thinking : solving first degree equations -- A square and things : quadratic equations -- Intrigue in Renaissance Italy : solving cubic equations -- A cheerful fact : the Pythagorean theorem -- A marvelous proof : Fermat's last theorem -- On beauty bare : Euclid's plane geometry -- In perfect shape : the platonic solids -- Shapes by the numbers : coordinate geometry -- Impossible, imaginary, useful : complex numbers -- Half is better : sine and cosine -- Strange new worlds : the non-Euclidean geometries -- In the eye of the beholder : projective geometry -- What's in a game : the start of probability theory -- Making sense of data : statistics becomes a science -- Machines that think : electronic computers -- The arithmetic of reasoning : logic and Boolean algebra -- Beyond counting : infinity and the theory of sets. [pt. 1]. [pt. 2]. [pt. 3]. 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
1881929213
2003266973
Mathematics--History.
QA21 / .B47 2002
Math through the ages : a gentle history for teachers and others / William P. Berlinghoff, Fernando Q. Gouva��?�. - Farmington, Me. : Oxton House Publishers, c2002. - viii, 216 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-206) and index.
History in the mathematics classroom -- The history of mathematics in a large nutshell -- Beginnings -- Greek mathematics -- Meanwhile, in India -- Arabic mathematics -- Medieval Europe -- The 15th and 16th centuries -- Algebra comes of age -- Calculus and applied mathematics -- Rigor and professionalism -- Abstraction, computers, and new applications -- Mathematics today -- Sketches -- Keeping count : writing whole numbers -- Reading and writing arithmetic : where the symbols come from -- 3. Nothing becomes a number : the story of zero -- Broken numbers : writing fractions -- Something less than nothing : negative numbers -- By tens and tenths : metric measurement -- Measuring the circle : the story of [pi] -- The Cossic art : writing algebra with symbols -- Linear thinking : solving first degree equations -- A square and things : quadratic equations -- Intrigue in Renaissance Italy : solving cubic equations -- A cheerful fact : the Pythagorean theorem -- A marvelous proof : Fermat's last theorem -- On beauty bare : Euclid's plane geometry -- In perfect shape : the platonic solids -- Shapes by the numbers : coordinate geometry -- Impossible, imaginary, useful : complex numbers -- Half is better : sine and cosine -- Strange new worlds : the non-Euclidean geometries -- In the eye of the beholder : projective geometry -- What's in a game : the start of probability theory -- Making sense of data : statistics becomes a science -- Machines that think : electronic computers -- The arithmetic of reasoning : logic and Boolean algebra -- Beyond counting : infinity and the theory of sets. [pt. 1]. [pt. 2]. [pt. 3]. 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
1881929213
2003266973
Mathematics--History.
QA21 / .B47 2002