Discovering the Beauty of Science - Resources

A. Alter, “The Next Age of Discovery,” Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2009,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124173896716198603.html#articleTabs%3Darticle

Archimedes Palimpsest Project, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, http://www.archimedespalimpsest.org/

Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Gardens, “Beautiful Science: Ideas that Changed the World,” https://www.huntington.org/exhibitions/beautiful-science-ideas-changed-world

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, England, “Online Exhibits,” http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/exhibits/

National Curve Bank, “Deposit #93: A History of Math Class Visits the Huntington Library,” California State University, Los Angeles, https://nationalcurvebank.org/

PBS NOVA, “Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens,” WGBH Studios, Boston, MA, 2002, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/galileo/

PBS NOVA, “Infinite Secrets: The Genius of Archimedes,” WGBH Studios, Boston, MA, 2003, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/archimedes/

Smithsonian National Museum of American History, “Slates, Slide Rules, and Software: Teaching Math in America,” http://americanhistory.si.edu/teachingmath/

J. Stedall, Mathematics Emerging: A Sourcebook 1540-1900, Oxford University Press, 2008

F. Swetz and V. Katz, “Mathematical Treasures,” Convergence, http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/46/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=2591

F. Swetz, “The Quipu,” Convergence (December 2008), DOI: 10.4169/loci003206, http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/46/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=3206

F. Swetz, “Review of Museum of the History of Science, Oxford,” Convergence, http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/46/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=2581

About the Authors

Christine Latulippe is Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at Cal Poly Pomona; Joe Latulippe is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Cal Poly Pomona. Since first meeting in an undergraduate multivariable calculus course, they have shared many mathematical adventures including being 2007–2008 Project NExT Fellows. To exercise the other half of their brains, the Latulippes enjoy painting, reading, and taking field trips.