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Who's That Mathematician? Images from the Paul R. Halmos Photograph Collection
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Architecture and Mathematics in Ancient Egypt
A study of the nature of architecture in ancient Egypt and its relationship to Egyptian mathematics.
Albrecht Durer's Treatise on Mensuration
This is the page illustrating the construction of an ellipse, from the Latin translation (1538) of the Treatise on Mensuration of Albrecht D�rer (1471-1528). This book was originally written in German and published in 1525 and was designed to teach German artists the geometrical ideas on which perspective in painting was based.
Readings in the History of Mathematics Education
This collection of readings gives details on the history of mathematics education in the U.S. from 1828 to 1959.
Reverse the Digits

The sum of the two digits of a 2-digit number is 9. If 45 is subtracted from the number, the result will be expressed by the digits in reverse order. Find the number.

Multicultural Classroom Posters Sets 3 & 4
These posters illustrate aspects of the history of mathematics in countries from Babylonia to Ireland.
Silver and Gold

There are two piles, one containing 9 gold coins, the other 11 silver coins.

Storm's a' Brewin'

What is the perpendicular height of a cloud when its angles of elevation were 35 degrees and 64 degrees as taken by two observers?

History of Mathematics - Mesopotamia to Modernity

A new history of mathematics text which asks lots of questions about the history and the mathematics.

Sums of Powers of Positive Integers

A history of attempts to develop formulas expressing the sums of powers of the first n positive integers from the Pythagoreans to Jakob Bernoulli. With exercises.

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