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MATH 3Z03

INQUIRY: HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS

Undergraduate

Winter 2025 · C01

Topics

  • Find a compass and a ruler you can use for upcoming Activity #2.
  • Required reading: Check out and look over your assigned book for your book report.
  • Required reading: William Dunham, “A Gem from Isaac Newton” in Journey Through Genius, New York: Penguin Books, 1990, p. 155-183.
  • “How new geometries re-shaped our world” by Judith Grabiner, +Plus magazine https://plus.maths.org/content/how-new-geometries-reshaped-our-world
  • “Appendix: The Analytical Engine” in Sydney Padua, The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, Pantheon Books, 2015.
  • “Decoding an Ancient Computer” by Tony Freeth, Scientific American, Dec. 2009, p. 76-83.

Readings

  • The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics
    George Gheverghese Joseph · 2011 · 3rd edition · Required
    Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press
  • Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics
    William Dunham · 1990 · Required
    Penguin Books
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