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Unknown Quantity; A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra

A history of algebra from its early beginnings to the twentieth century.

Having been given the perimeter and perpendicular of a right angled triangle, it is required to find the triangle.

The cavity of our chimney is an upright parallelepiped, the diagonal of whose base is 60"; and the height of the lower side of the lintel above the plane of the floor is 40".

Review of Routes of Learning: Highways, Pathways, and Byways in the History of Mathematics

In this collection of essays on modern trends and issues in the history of mathematics, consideration of mathematics history in the classroom is often more theoretical than practical.

A Lion in a Well

There is a lion in a well whose depth is 50 palms. He climbs and slips back a certain amount each day. In how many days will he get out of the well?

Fine Parisian Wine

Two wine merchants enter Paris, one of them with 64 casks of wine, the other with 20.

Looking for Bargains

One says that 10 garments were purchased by two men at a price of 72 dirhams. The garments varied in value. The price of each garment of one man is 3 dirhams more than the price for each garment of the other. How many garments did each man buy?

Unexpected Links between Egyptian and Babylonian Mathematics

This book demonstrates the relationship between the mathematics in some recently discovered Babylonian tablets and some standard problems from Egyptian mathematics.

Losing My Marbles?

In a square box that contains 1000 marbles, how many will it take to reach across the bottom of the box in a straight row?

Circle and Square

Prove that a square circumscribed about a given circle is double in area to a square inscribed in the same circle.