Hands on history : a resource for teaching mathematics / edited by Amy Shell-Gellasch.
Material type: TextSeries: MAA notes ; no. 72Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, c2007Description: xii, 177 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN: 9780883851821 (pbk.); 0883851822 (pbk.)Subject(s): Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) | Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Higher) | Mathematics -- History | Mathematical instrumentsDDC classification: 510.71 LOC classification: QA11.2 | .H367 2007Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | University of Macedonia Library Βιβλιοστάσιο Α (Stack Room A) | Oversized | QA11.2.H367 2007 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0013126435 |
Includes bibliographical references.
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, Bill Acheson -- The French Curve / Brian J. Lunday -- Area without integration : make your own planimeter / Robert L. Foote, 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, 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, Amy Ackerberg-Hastings
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