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Wichita State University: Emilie, Marquise Du Chatelet
This straightforward biography of the French mathematician Emilie de Chatelet covers basics of her life and times. Her friendship with Voltaire, translation of Newton, and tragic early death are included.
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.
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...
Other
Great Scott!: Hieroglyphs Numbers
Use this site to learn about the ancient Egyptian numbering system. Use the "converter" to the right to translate modern-day numbers to Egyptian hieroglyphs, or scroll to the bottom of the page to continue the journey and learn about...
Other
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.
Other
St. Bede a Biography by Catholic Community Forum
A biographical note on St. Bede (672-735), the monk, scholar, and author who wrote about history, rhetoric, mathematics, music, astronomy, poetry, grammar, philosophy, hagiography, homiletics, and Bible commentary.
Other
Ellinogermaniki Agogi: Eratosthenes Experiment
A profile of the ancient Greek mathematician, geographer, and astronomer, Eratosthenes. Looks at his many accomplishments, including measuring the circumference of the Earth and the distance to the Moon and the Sun. Includes links to...
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Aristotle
A detailed biography of Aristotle (384-322 BC). Discusses his early life, his education, his relationship with Alexander the Great as tutor, the breadth of his work in various science disciplines, the school he established in Athens, and...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Brownian Motion
Wikipedia provides detailed information on the two meanings of the term, Brownian Motion. Includes many hyperlinked terms.
Discovering Egypt
Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt
This site provides a captivating tour through Egypt's past. Visit the ancient temples, the kings and queens of the past. Learn about the hieroglyphic form of communication. Additional links for extended information temples and hieroglyphs.
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...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Andre Marie Ampere
Although he was not the first person to observe a connection between electricity and magnetism, Andre-Marie Ampere was the first scientist to attempt to theoretically explain and mathematically describe the phenomenon. His contributions...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Julian Schwinger
Theoretical physicist Julian Schwinger used the mathematical process of renormalization to rid the quantum field theory developed by Paul Dirac of serious incongruities with experimental observations that had nearly prompted the...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Sin Itiro Tomonaga
Japanese theoretical physicist Sin-Itiro Tomonaga resolved key problems with the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED) developed by Paul Dirac in the late 1920s through the use of a mathematical technique he referred to as...
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...
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Teach With Movies: Lesson Plans Based on Shorts and Clips
Links to many video-clip based lessons in the areas of health, English language arts & drama, mathematics, music, biology, earth science, inventions, astronomy, physics, chemistry, U.S. history and culture, and world history and...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Browse Lesson Plans
The following database allows teachers to search for lessons for all age groups covering a wide range of subjects. Simply click on the age group and the following content: arts, foreign language, literature and language arts,...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Professional Development Workshops and Courses
Annenberg Media offers over 50 workshops and courses for teachers which can be used for graduate credit (through Colorado State University), for Continuing Education Units (CEUs), or for enrichment. The courses cover subjects in The...
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Wichita State University: Takakazu Seki Kowa (1642 1708)
This site provides a general biography of Takakazu Seki Kowa, "the arithmetical sage." Content focuses on his known accomplishments. Also includes related links.
Other
Wichita State University: Eratosthenes
Learn all the about the life and major accomplishments of Eratosthenes of Cyrene--one of the most famous Greek mathematicians of all time.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Radioactive Decay
In this activity students 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.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Is Math Discovered or Invented?
Would mathematics exist if people didn't? Did we create mathematical concepts to help us understand the world around us, or is math the native language of the universe itself? Jeff Dekofsky traces some famous arguments in this ancient...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon was a mathematician and electrical engineer whose work underlies modern information theory and helped instigate the digital revolution. He was the first person to recognize how Boolean algebra could be used to great...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Georg Ohm
Georg Simon Ohm had humble roots and struggled financially throughout most of his life, but the German physicist is well known today for his formulation of a law, termed Ohm's law, describing the mathematical relationship between...