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Math Archives: History of Mathematics website

A website with links to information about numerous topics in the history of mathematics.

Mathematics Emerging: A Sourcebook 1540 - 1900

A new sourcebook containing the works in their original form along with a translation and a brief commentary.

Teaching Leonardo: An Integrated Approach

Classrom suggestions for integrating Leonardo's ideas in several different classes

Hands on History, A Resource for Teaching Math

A collection of articles dealing with mathematical models and objects and how they can be used in teaching.

Fields of Grain

I have two fields of grain. From the first field I harvest 2/3 sila (a measurement of grain volume) per sar (a unit of area); from the second, 1/2 sila per sar.

Making Arrows

In one day, a person can make 30 arrows or fletch [put the feathers on] 20 arrows.

A Game of Cat and Mouse

A mouse is at the top of a poplar tree 60 braccia high, and a cat is on the ground at its foot. The mouse descends 1/2 a braccia a day and at night it turns back 1/6 of a braccia.

Tomato Can

A cylindrical tin tomato can is to be made which shall have a given capacity. Find what should be the ratio of the height to the radius of the base that the smallest possible amount of tin shall be required.

Guidelines for Convergence Authors

Instructions that apply to Convergence but not necessarily to other areas of Loci

A Tower on a Cliff

A cliff with a tower on its edge is observed from a boat at sea; find the height of the cliff and the tower.