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Now a good horse and an inferior horse set out from Chang'an to Qi. Qi is 3000 li from Chang'an.

Review of The Genesis of Science: The Story of Greek Imagination

Review of Bertram's text on the history of Greek science.

Three persons bought a sugar loaf in the form of a perfect cone 25 inches high and agreed to divide it...what was the slant height of each one's share?

De Divina Proportione, by Luca Pacioli

The Tree of Proportions and Proportionality from the De Divina Proportione of Luca Pacioli published in 1509.

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The Development of Mathematics in Medieval Europe

A collection of articles on mathematics in Europe from the twelfth to the fifteenth century.

From the Editors

Request from the editors.

A farmer and his horses

A farmer sold a team of horses for $440, but did not receive his pay for them until 1 yr, 8 mo after the sale. He had at the same time another offer of $410 for them. Did he gain or lose by the sale and by how much, money being worth 6%/yr?

Who's That Mathematician? Images from the Paul R. Halmos Photograph Collection

Page 8, Images from the Paul Halmos Photograph Collection: Armand Borel, Karol Borsuk, Raoul Bott, William Browder, H. Arlen Brown, and R. Creighton Buck

History of Mathematical Symbolism and Terminology

Website containing much information on mathematical symbolism and terminology, as well as portraits of mathematicians from postage stamps.