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University of St Andrews: Mathematics Archive: Willard Van Orman Quine
Great biography of Quine. Summarizes his works in the context of his life, with numerous quotes from Quine himself.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: De Moivre's Theorem Usefulness
This site gives a short history of de Moivre's life; listing many of mathematical findings.
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Powerhouse Museum: Gambling (Math and Probability)
The resource consists of activities about mathematics and probability. Students learn about the history of gambling and the risk applied to the lotto, instant scratch-offs, roulette, and poker machines.
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Nat'l Security Agency: National Cryptologic Museum
On this site one can find the National Security Agency's history of cryptology, some online exhibits, and sections on mathematics, education, and more.
Stanford University
Many Valued Logic/stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Explains the logical theory of "many-valued logic," a modern alternative to classic logic. Sections address its history, notation and proofs, and applications to linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, and artificial intelligence. For the...
US Department of Education
Nces: The Nation's Report Card (Naep)
The Nation's Report Card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Since 1969,...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Teacher Professional Development and Teacher Resources
A website containing teaching resources for several subjects including Arts, Foreign Language, Literature & Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and History.
Tech Target
What Is: Irrational Number
A counterpart problem in measurement would be to find the length of the diagonal of a square whose side is one unit long; there is no subdivision of the unit length that will divide evenly into the length of the diagonal. It thus became...
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U of Cambridge: Tycho Brahe and the Separation of Astronomy From Astrology
The subject of the paper is the shift from an astrology-oriented astronomy towards an allegedly more objective, mathematically grounded approach to astronomy. This shift is illustrated through a close reading of Tycho Brahe's scientific...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Making Sense of Irrational Numbers
Like many heroes of Greek myths, the philosopher Hippasus was rumored to have been mortally punished by the gods. But what was his crime? Did he murder guests or disrupt a sacred ritual? No, Hippasus's transgression was mathematically...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Operation to Exploration
Students will use solve mathematical expressions using the order of operations to find artifacts of American History. Students will complete order of operation problems, which will help them explore and solve the route to their final...
PBS
Pbs: Base 60: Babylonian Decimals
Explore a brief history of mathematics in Mesopotamia through the Babylonian Base 60 number system. This video focuses on how a base 60 system does not use fractions or repeating decimals, some of the advantages of a base 60 system, and...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Radioactive Decay
In this activity learners will use a mathematical model to study the process of radioactive decay in order to help understand how it can be used to determine the age of ancient earth materials.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Stanislaw Leshniewski
Brief biographical entry on Leshniewski detailing his relationship with Lukasiewicz.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Nicolaus(ii) Bernoulli
This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, gives a brief biography of Nicolaus Bernoulli.
Agnes Scott College
Alphabetical Index of Women Mathematicians
Read the biographies of dozens of women mathematicians who were important in the 1700's, 1800's, and 1900's.
Trinity College Dublin
Mathematicians of the Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries
Read accounts of the lives and works of seventeenth and eighteenth century mathematicians, including Sir Isaac Newton and Rene Descartes.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: James Clerk Maxwell
Research resources for James Maxwell (1831-1879), who did revolutionary work on electricity and magnetism and on the kinetic theory of gases.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Alquerque an Egyptian Math Game
This is a board game played in Egypt in 1400 BCE. It requires strategy and to think several moves ahead.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Astronomy: Aristarchus
This site from Cornell University provides a discussion of how Aristarchus arrived at his conclusions of the distance from the Earth to the Sun and Moon. Also has his methods for determining the size of the Moon and the Sun.
Other
Spotsylvania County Schools: Curriculum Maps
This site features an outline of how to implement the use of curriculum maps into a school district curriculum program.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: A Time Line of Mathematicians
From the Greek Period to the 20th Century, the University of St. Andrews provide a time line of famous mathematicians. Time periods are separated into individual time lines.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Famous Women Scientists From Around the World
Gives brief information about the lives and accomplishments of famous women scientists from around the globe.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Thomas Young
A short biographical sketch of Thomas Young's (1863- 1942) life as a mathematician and a scientist. Gives an account of his birth and the final years of his life.
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