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The Search for Certainty

A Journey Through the History of Mathematics, 1800-2000

By: Frank J. Swetz

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The Search for Certainty

A Journey Through the History of Mathematics, 1800-2000

By: Frank J. Swetz

Self-contained and authoritative, this history of mathematics is suited to those with no math background. Its absorbing, entertaining essays focus on the era from 1800 to 2000. Contributors include Henri Poincaré, Judith V. Grabiner, and H. S. M. Coxeter, who discuss topics ranging from logic and infinity to Fermat's Last Theorem.

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194

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Courier Corporation

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0486474429

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9780486474427

Learning Activities from the History of Mathematics

By: Frank J. Swetz

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Learning Activities from the History of Mathematics

By: Frank J. Swetz

Biographies of 23 important mathematicians span many centuries and cultures. Historical Learning Tasks provide 21 in-depth treatments of a variety of historical problems.

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282

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Walch Publishing

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0825122643

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9780825122644

The Impact and Legacy of The Ladies’ Diary (1704–1840): A Women’s Declaration

By: Frank J. Swetz

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The Impact and Legacy of The Ladies’ Diary (1704–1840): A Women’s Declaration

By: Frank J. Swetz

The Ladies' Diary was an annual almanac published in England from 1704 to 1840. It was designed to provide useful information to women; the subtitle reveals the purpose, Containing New Improvements in Arts and Sciences, and Many Entertaining Particulars: Designed for the Use and Diversion of the Fair Sex. It contained meteorological and astronomical information, recipes, health and medical advice, scientific information, and mathematical puzzles and problems. Readers were encouraged to, and did, send solutions and original problems and puzzles of their own for publication in the next year's issue. Frank Swetz, one of the founding Editors of Convergence, the MAA's online journal of the history of mathematics, wondered about the historical and sociological conditions that supported The Ladies' Diary. In this volume he unearths the story of the Diary's creation and of the community of people surrounding it. We learn who the editors were and something about the contributors and readers. Swetz explores the sociological and cultural circumstances that made this unique almanac full of mathematics popular for over a century. As a dynamic forum for mathematics learning, teaching, and understanding, the Diary remains a milestone in the development of British mathematics.

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169

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American Mathematical Soc.

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1470462664

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9781470462666

The European Mathematical Awakening

A Journey Through the History of Mathematics from 1000 To 1800

By: Frank J. Swetz

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The European Mathematical Awakening

A Journey Through the History of Mathematics from 1000 To 1800

By: Frank J. Swetz

A global survey of the history of mathematics, this newly corrected and updated collection of 32 highly readable essays features contributions by such distinguished educators as Carl Boyer and Morris Kline. Fascinating articles explore studies by Fibonacci, Descartes, Cardano, Kepler, Galileo, Pascal, Newton, Euler, and others. Suitable for readers with no background in math"--

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266

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Courier Corporation

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0486498050

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9780486498058

Mathematical Expeditions

Exploring Word Problems Across the Ages

By: Frank J. Swetz

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Mathematical Expeditions

Exploring Word Problems Across the Ages

By: Frank J. Swetz

A collection of over 500 culturally and historically diverse mathematical problems carefully chosen to enrich mathematics teaching from middle school through the college level."--Provided by publisher.

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JHU Press

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1421404370

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9781421404370

Capitalism and Arithmetic

The New Math of the 15th Century, Including the Full Text of the Treviso Arithmetic of 1478, Translated by David Eugene Smith

By: Frank J. Swetz

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Capitalism and Arithmetic

The New Math of the 15th Century, Including the Full Text of the Treviso Arithmetic of 1478, Translated by David Eugene Smith

By: Frank J. Swetz

The Treviso Arithmetic, or Arte dell'Abbaco, is an anonymous textbook in commercial arithmetic written in vernacular Venetian and published in Treviso, Italy in 1478. The Treviso Arithmetic is the earliest known printed mathematics book in the West, and one of the first printed European textbooks dealing with a science. The Treviso Arithmetic is a practical book intended for self study and for use in Venetian trade. It is written in vernacular Venetian and communicated knowledge to a large population. It helped to end the monopoly on mathematical knowledge and gave important information to the middle class. It was not written for a large audience, but was intended to teach mathematics of everyday currency. The Treviso became one of the first mathematics books written for the expansion of human knowledge. It provided an opportunity for the common person, rather than only a privileged few, to learn the art of computation. The Treviso Arithmetic provided an early example of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system computational algorithms."--Wikipedia.

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Open Court Publishing

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0812690141

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9780812690149

Legacy of the Luoshu

The 4,000 Year Search for the Meaning of the Magic Square of Order Three

By: Frank Swetz

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Legacy of the Luoshu

The 4,000 Year Search for the Meaning of the Magic Square of Order Three

By: Frank Swetz

A symbol of the Divine, a good luck charm, a cosmogram of the world order, a template for fengshui-through the ages, the luoshu, or magic squre of order three, has fascinated people of many different cultures. In this riveting account of cultural detective work, renowned mathematics educator, Frank J. Swetz relates how he uncovered the previously h

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CRC Press

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1439865329

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9781439865323

The Impact and Legacy of The Ladies’ Diary (1704–1840): A Women’s Declaration

By: Frank J. Swetz

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By: Frank J. Swetz

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American Mathematical Soc.

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Book's by Frank J. Swetz

The Search for Certainty

The Search for Certainty

Learning Activities from the History of Mathematics

Learning Activities from the History of Mathematics

The Impact and Legacy of The Ladies’ Diary (1704–1840): A Women’s Declaration

The Impact and Legacy of The Ladies’ Diary (1704–1840): A Women’s Declaration

The European Mathematical Awakening

The European Mathematical Awakening

Mathematical Expeditions

Mathematical Expeditions

Capitalism and Arithmetic

Capitalism and Arithmetic

Legacy of the Luoshu

Legacy of the Luoshu

The Impact and Legacy of The Ladies’ Diary (1704–1840): A Women’s Declaration

The Impact and Legacy of The Ladies’ Diary (1704–1840): A Women’s Declaration

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