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,” http://www.huntington.org/thehuntington_full02.aspx?id=3000

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, http://curvebank.calstatela.edu/visit/visit.htm

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.