From Calculus to Computers : Using 200 years

To date, much of the literature prepared on the topic of integrating mathematics history into undergraduate teaching contains, predominantly, ideas from the 18th century and earlier. This volume focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century mathematics, building on the earlier efforts but emphasizing recent history in the teaching of mathematics, computer science, and related disciplines. From Calculus to Computers is a resource for undergraduate teachers that provides ideas and materials for immediate adoption in the classroom and proven examples to motivate innovation by the reader. Contributions to this volume are from historians of mathematics and college mathematics instructors with years of experience and expertise in these subjects. Examples of topics covered are probability in undergraduate statistics courses, logic and programming for computer science, undergraduate geometry to include non-Euclidean geometries, numerical analysis, and abstract algebra.

Preface
Introduction
Part I. Algebra, Number Theory, Calculus, and Dynamical Systems: 1. Arthur Cayley and the first paper on group theory David J. Pengelley
2. Putting the differential back into differential calculus Robert Rogers
3. Using Galois' idea in the teaching of abstract algebra Matt D. Lunsford
4. Teaching elliptic curves using original sources Lawrence D'Antonio
5. Using the historical development of predator-prey models to teach mathematical modeling Holly P. Hirst
Part II. Geometry: 6. How to use history to clarify common confusions in geometry Daina Taimina and David W. Henderson
7. Euler on Cevians Eisso J. Atzema and Homer White
8. Modern geometry after the end of mathematics Jeff Johannes
Part III. Discrete Mathematics, Computer Science, Numerical Methods, Logic, and Statistics: 9. Using 20th century history in a combinatorics and graph theory class Linda E. MacGuire
10. Public key cryptography Shai Simonson
11. Introducing logic via Turing machines Jerry M. Lodder
12. From Hilbert's program to computer programming William Calhoun
13. From the tree method in modern logic to the beginning of automated theorem proving Francine F. Abeles
14. Numerical methods history projects Dick Jardine
15. Foundations of Statistics in American Textbooks: probability and pedagogy in historical context Patti Wilger Hunter
Part IV. History of Mathematics and Pedagogy: 16. Incorporating the mathematical achievements of women and minority mathematicians into classrooms Sarah J. Greenwald
17. Mathematical topics in an undergraduate history of science course David Lindsay Roberts
18. Building a history of mathematics course from a local perspective Amy Shell-Gellasch
19. Protractors in the classroom: an historical perspective Amy Ackerberg-Hastings
20. The metric system enters the American classroom: 1790-1890 Peggy Aldrich Kidwell
21. Some wrinkles for a history of mathematics course Peter Ross
22. Teaching history of mathematics through problems John R. Prather

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From Calculus to Computers : Using 200 years of Mathematics History in the Teaching of Mathematics

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