Hands on history : a resource for teaching mathematics /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shell-Gellasch, Amy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, [2007]
Series:MAA notes ; no. 72.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Learning from the medieval master masons : a geometric journey through the labyrinth / Hugh McCague
  • Dem bones ain't dead : Napier's bones in the classroom / Joanne Peeples
  • The towers of Hanoi / Amy Shell-Gellasch
  • Rectangular protractors and the mathematics classroom / Amy Ackerberg-Hastings
  • Was Pythagoras Chinese? / David E. Zitarelli
  • Geometric string models of descriptive geometry / Amy Shell-Gellasch and Bill Acheson
  • The French Curve / Brian J. Lunday
  • Area without integration : make your own planimeter / Robert L. Foote and Ed Sandifer
  • Historical mechanisms for drawing curves / Daina Taimina
  • Learning from the Roman land surveyors : a mathematical field exercise / Hugh McCague
  • Equating the sun : geometry, models, and practical computing in Greek astronomy / James Evans
  • Sundials : an introduction to the history, design, and construction / J.L. Berggren
  • Why is a square square and a cube cubical? / Amy Shell-Gellasch
  • The cycloid pendulum clock of Christiaan Huygens / Katherine Inouye Lau and Kim Plofker
  • Build a brachistochrone and captivate your class / V. Frederick Rickey
  • Exhibiting mathematical objects : making sense of your department's material culture / Peggy Aldrich Kidwell and Amy Ackerberg-Hastings