Biography of a Concept

Submitted by mr46636 on Thu, 02/15/2018 – 14:35
Consider: Arabic, Babylonian, Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Indian, Mayan, Andean Quipu, Roman, Sumerian, Yoruba, etc.
A good place to start:
Berlinghoff, William P., and Fernando Q. Gouvêa. “Keeping Count: Writing Whole Numbers.” In Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others, 141-48. Farmington, ME: Oxton House/Mathematical Association of America, 2015.

Submitted by mr46636 on Thu, 02/15/2018 – 14:29
A good place to start:
Berlinghoff, William P., and Fernando Q. Gouvêa. “What’s in a Game?: The Start of Probability Theory.” In Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others, 141-48. Farmington, ME: Oxton House/Mathematical Association of America, 2015.

Submitted by mr46636 on Thu, 02/15/2018 – 14:23
A good place to start:
Berlinghoff, William P., and Fernando Q. Gouvêa. “A Square and Things: Quadratic Equations. ” In Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others, 141-48. Farmington, ME: Oxton House/Mathematical Association of America, 2015.

Submitted by mr46636 on Thu, 02/15/2018 – 14:20
A good place to start:
Berlinghoff, William P., and Fernando Q. Gouvêa. “Shapes by the Numbers: Coordinate Geometry.” In Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others, 141-48. Farmington, ME: Oxton House/Mathematical Association of America, 2015.

Submitted by mr46636 on Thu, 02/15/2018 – 14:13
A good place to start:
Berlinghoff, William P., and Fernando Q. Gouvêa. “Broken numbers: Writing Fractions.” In Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others, 141-48. Farmington, ME: Oxton House/Mathematical Association of America, 2015.

Submitted by mr46636 on Thu, 02/15/2018 – 14:08
A good place to start:
Berlinghoff, William P., and Fernando Q. Gouvêa. “Impossible, Imaginary, Useful: Complex Numbers. ” In Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others, 141-48. Farmington, ME: Oxton House/Mathematical Association of America, 2015.

Submitted by mr46636 on Thu, 02/15/2018 – 14:04
A good place to start:
Berlinghoff, William P., and Fernando Q. Gouvêa. “Beyond Counting: Infinity and the Theory of Sets.” In Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others, 141-48. Farmington, ME: Oxton House/Mathematical Association of America, 2015.

Submitted by mr46636 on Thu, 02/15/2018 – 14:01
A good place to start:
Berlinghoff, William P., and Fernando Q. Gouvêa. “Nothing Becomes a Number: The Story of Zero” In Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others, 141-48. Farmington, ME: Oxton House/Mathematical Association of America, 2015.

Submitted by mr46636 on Thu, 02/15/2018 – 13:57
A good place to start:
Berlinghoff, William P., and Fernando Q. Gouvêa. “By Tens and Tenths: Metric Measurement.” In Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others, 141-48. Farmington, ME: Oxton House/Mathematical Association of America, 2015.

Submitted by mr46636 on Thu, 02/15/2018 – 13:45
A good place to start:
Berlinghoff, William P., and Fernando Q. Gouvêa. “Measuring the Circle: The Story of π.” In Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others, 141-48. Farmington, ME: Oxton House/Mathematical Association of America, 2015.

Submitted by mr46636 on Thu, 02/15/2018 – 13:37
A good place to start:
Ede, Andrew, and Lesley B. Cormack. A History of Science in Society: From Philosophy to Utility. 3rd ed. University of Toronto Press, 2016.

Submitted by mr46636 on Thu, 02/15/2018 – 13:32
A good place to start:
Ede, Andrew, and Lesley B. Cormack. A History of Science in Society: From Philosophy to Utility. 3rd ed. University of Toronto Press, 2016.

Submitted by mr46636 on Thu, 02/15/2018 – 13:28