Famous problems and their mathematicians
Math problems challenge students to follow the reasoning of famous mathematicians to reach the solutions. Includes a timeline of the history of mathematics
History
xvi, 179 pages
9781563084461, 1563084465
243510540
Mathematics by Accident
Leave No Problem Unsolved
Mary Boole's Cards
A Very Important Date
A Rediscovery Leads to Fame
A Promising Career Cut Short
There It Lies
Alice and Mathematics
[pi] in the Sky
A Mathematician Exposed
Man Versus Machine
Timing Is Everything
The Number Sifter
The Perfect Child
The Blockhead
The Man Who Loved Numbers
The Search Continues
A Difficult Childhood
The Misunderstood Mathematician
A Victim of the Times
Numbers with Personality
The Greatest "Could-Have-Been" in the History of Mathematics
Less Is More
Too Good to Be True
Math in the Mind's Eye
Mathematics Pathways
Being Second Doesn't Count
Can It Be True?
Head in the Clouds
Measuring the Earth
Mathematical Giants
Mathematics to Pass the Time
Playing It Safe
The Puzzle King
The Unknown Mathematicians
Sleeping In Has Its Benefits
Mathematical Rhymes
The World's Most Expensive Math Lesson
It's All in the Signs
The Unschooled Mathematician
The Most Learned Scholar of His Time
A Puzzling Will
One Fine Day
Ahead of His Time
An Apple Makes Mathematics
The Mysterious Mathematician
The Witch of Agnesi
"Let No One Ignorant of Geometry Enter Here!"
The Disappointed Daughter
Unfulfilled Promise
The Artist As Mathematician
To the Highest Bidder
Great Potential
Mathematics As a Religion
The Lineup
The Politician As Mathematician
The Poet As Mathematician
Receiving Credit for Another's Work
The Family Man
The Prince of Amateurs
The Silver Lining
Includes index