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Agnesi to Zeno: Over 100 Vignettes from the History of Math
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Product Description
Beautifully Illustrated Activities Highlight Mathematical History These blackline activity masters highlight important achievements in the history of mathematics, from our earliest counting systems to modern developments in chaos theory. The book is beautifully illustrated with historical art. Its engaging vignettes introduce concepts, events, and influential mathematicians and show the contributions of the world's many cultures to the development of mathematics.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #449839 in Books
- Published on: 1996-12-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 328 pages
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- ISBN13: 9781559531078
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews
Fantastic resource for all math teachers.
This book offers practical ways to enrich any curriculum with historical perspectives. Each "unit" is a one page introduction to a person or concept from the history of mathematics. Each unit includes questions/projects for students to try. This book makes it easy to introduce the history and humanistic side of mathematics to high school students. It would also make a great supplement to a college course geared towards pre-service teachers.
Multicultural Mathematics
I bought this book for my godson to help him with his study of mathematics. I can't say enough good things about it! I am a former math major and have read extensively in the history of math but this book had information that even I didn't know. It tells of mathematics as it has been done among all the major world civilizations: Europe, India, the Islamic countries, China, ancient America. As my godson's mother is Chinese, the sections on China will also help him appreciate his inheritance through her. (She's also teaching him Chinese.)
Wonderful book of Math History!!
This is a great book to use in the classroom and provides great information on the history of math concepts. I use it in my middle school classes and the kids love it!
