Hands on history : a resource for teaching mathematics /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Mathematical Association of America,
[2007]
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| Series: | MAA notes ;
no. 72. |
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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