Reva Narasimhan Kean University Union NJ Background Kean University is a comprehensive regional university in New Jersey Students in the course is required for math education majors The course is a ID: 796472
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History Alive! Online Resources in a History of Math Course
Reva NarasimhanKean University, Union, NJ
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Slide2BackgroundKean University is a comprehensive, regional university in New JerseyStudents in the course is required for math education majors
The course is a writing emphasis courseInstructor has background in mathematics, not trained as a historian of mathFor the instructor: History lectures from
EdX or Coursera
Slide3Structure of CourseMain Texts
Internet resources supported and enhanced the material from the textObjective : Intertwining history and mathematics in context
Math
Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers
and Others
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y
Berlinghoff
and
Gouvea
The Mathematical Universe: An Alphabetical Journey Through the Great Proofs, Problems, and Personalities by William Dunham
Slide4Timeline and Historical ContextObjective here is to give a visual anchor to the different time periods
Internet Resource: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
From the Metropolitan Museum of ArtC
omparative humanities: Idea of using art history as a lens to view math history
Slide5Slide6Slide7Slide8VideosBBC series The Story of
Maths (Films on Demand from Kean Library), hosted by Marcus du Sautoy, Oxford University
Covered history of math over four episodesThe Language of the Universe
The Genius of the EastThe Frontiers of Space
To Infinity and BeyondClips can be viewed at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dxjls/clips
Slide9VideosFermat’s Last Theorem, BBC documentary by Simon Singh
For undergrads in a primarily teaching institution, it highlighted modern mathematical researchThe Math Life
Slide10Incorporating the videosStudents assigned to watch them on their ownDocumentary was filmed on location and provided a perspective that cannot be replicated in a classroom lecture
Reinforced the reading assignments – students would often refer to some scene in the video during class discussion
Slide11Manuscripts via digitized collectionsWhat did math notation look like in older manuscripts?
What was the evolution of mathematical notation?These resources span multiple sitesLiber Abaci by Leonardo of PisaWhetstone of Witte
by Robert RecordeHistory of Mathematical Notations
by Florian Cajori via Google Books
Slide12Mathematics of
Brahmagupta and Bhaskara
Translation by Henry Colebrooke
From Archives.org
Slide13An English translation of Newton’s Principia
From University of California, Digital Libraries
Slide14Slide15Linking across timeNY Times article on Andrew
Wiles’s proof of Fermat’s Last TheoremNPR interview with Keith Devlin on Leonardo of PisaEuler Bridges of Konigsberg and graphs in the Internet era of Social Networking
Descartes and the connection between algebra and geometry linking to the use of dynamic geometry software
Slide16Slide17Slide18Slide19ResourcesThe MacTutor
History of Math archivesMathematical Treasures (MAA)Mathematics Illuminated
– Learner.orgOriginal sourcesCourse web page for History of Math: http://bit.ly/math3891
Slide20Thank you!RNARASIM@KEAN.EDUwww.mymathspace.net/presentations