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Science and Mathematics in Ancient Greek Culture
Essays on various aspects of Greek science and mathematics, which help give a context for those aspects of Greek culture.
Rene Descartes' Treatise on Method
This is the title page to Rene Descartes' Treatise on Method, with its three famous essays on Dioptrics, Meteorology, and Geometry. The third essay contains Descartes' treatment of analytic geometry as well as his theory of equations and his rule for finding the normal to a given curve.
Beyond the Call of Duty

Given a guest on horseback rides 300 li in a day. The guest leaves his clothes behind. The host discovers them after 1/3 day, and he starts out with the clothes.

The Unique Effects of Including History in College Algebra

Using the history of mathematics in a college algebra class has had significant positive effects on student learning.

Famous Problems and Their Mathematicians
This resource consists of a series of 61 worksheets, each focused on a particular problem and related to a particular historical mathematical personality.
Who Is Tartaglia Really?

In many sources, we see that Tartaglia has the surname Fontana. According to the author of this article, the co-discoverer of the cubic formula did not ever use that name.

Negative Math

The story of the negative numbers

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

A California miner has a spherical ball of gold, 2 inches in diameter, which he wants to exchange for spherical balls 1 inch in diameter. How many of the smaller spheres should he receive?

Niccolo Tartaglia's Nova Scientia
This is the title page of the Nova Scientia (1537) of Niccolo Tartaglia (1499-1557). In this work, Tartaglia discussed the mathematics of artillery and developed methods for determining the range of a cannon.

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