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Georg Cantor at the Dawn of Point-Set Topology
Cantor's work on Fourier series provides historical motivation for the study of point-set topology.
Gauss: Titan of Science

Reprint of a classic biography of Gauss, with a new forward by Jeremy Gray.

The Grounde of Artes by Robert Recorde
Page from the table of contents of Robert Recorde's The Grounde of Artes (1543) in which is outlined the first dialogue. This dialogue deals with some of the elements of arithmetic, including the basic operations and the use of the rule of three (or the Golden rule).
Colorful Characters of Mathematics
Whimsical posters of fifteen mathematicians with brief biographies.
A Circular Problem

Three circles of varying radius are mutually tangent. The area of the triangle connecting their centers is given. Find the radius of the third circle.

Guidelines for Submissions
Guidelines for Submissions
Going Through the Paces

There is a four sided field.

The Prince of Mathematics: Carl Friedrich Gauss

A biography of Gauss designed for high school students.

Mathematical Treasure: Robert Tanner's A Mirror for Mathematiques

Images from a 16th-century text about the astrolabe and its uses

Historical Modules

A CD with eleven modules, each containing numerous activities designed to help secondary teachers use the history of mathematics to teach mathematics.

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