Victor Katz

Robin Wilson

Marlow Anderson

Follows on from Sherlock Holmes in Babylon to take the history of mathematics through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

And Other Tales of Mathematical History

Who Gave You the Epsilon?

Frank Swetz

John Fauvel

Bengt Johansson

Otto Bekken

This book is for high school and college teachers who want to know how they can use the history of mathematics as a pedagogical tool to help their students construct their own knowledge of mathematics. Often, a historical development of a particular topic is the best way to present a mathematical topic, but teachers may not have the time to do the research needed to present the material. This book provides its readers with historical ideas and insights which can be immediately applied in the classroom. The book is divided into two sections: the first on the use of history in high school mathematics, and the second on its use in university mathematics. The articles are diverse, covering fields such as trigonometry, mathematical modeling, calculus, linear algebra, vector analysis, and celestial mechanics. Also included are articles of a somewhat philosophical nature, which give general ideas on why history should be used in teaching and how it can be used in various special kinds of courses. Each article contains a bibliography to guide the reader to further reading on the subject.

Learn from the Masters

Collection of essays on the history of mathematics by distinguished authorities.

Sherlock Holmes in Babylon

How to use history to teach mathematics; for high school and college teachers.

Victor Katz

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