Hands on history : a resource for teaching mathematics / edited by Amy Shell-Gellasch

Published: Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, [2007]
Copyright Date: ©2007
Physical Description: xii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Additional Creators: Shell-Gellasch, Amy

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Series

MAA notes ; no. 72.

Contents

Learning from the medieval master masons : a geometric journey through the labyrinth / Hugh McCague -- Dem bones ain't dead : Napier's bones in the classroom / Joanne Peeples -- The towers of Hanoi / Amy Shell-Gellasch -- Rectangular protractors and the mathematics classroom / Amy Ackerberg-Hastings -- Was Pythagoras Chinese? / David E. Zitarelli -- Geometric string models of descriptive geometry / Amy Shell-Gellasch and Bill Acheson -- The French Curve / Brian J. Lunday -- Area without integration : make your own planimeter / Robert L. Foote and Ed Sandifer -- Historical mechanisms for drawing curves / Daina Taimina -- Learning from the Roman land surveyors : a mathematical field exercise / Hugh McCague -- Equating the sun : geometry, models, and practical computing in Greek astronomy / James Evans -- Sundials : an introduction to the history, design, and construction / J.L. Berggren -- Why is a square square and a cube cubical? / Amy Shell-Gellasch -- The cycloid pendulum clock of Christiaan Huygens / Katherine Inouye Lau and Kim Plofker -- Build a brachistochrone and captivate your class / V. Frederick Rickey -- Exhibiting mathematical objects : making sense of your department's material culture / Peggy Aldrich Kidwell and Amy Ackerberg-Hastings

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ISBN

9780883851821 (pbk.)
0883851822 (pbk.)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references.

Source of Acquisition

Behrend copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20078.

Endowment Note

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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