Math Forum

re: History

In spite of the fact that MPG has wisely advised us to shun his messages, I
find it almost impossible to break old habits.

Frank Gardella

>From: Frank Gardella
>Reply-To: amte@esunix.emporia.edu
>To:

O. Neugebauer, The Exact Sciences in Antiquity
Actually read some Euclid and the "Eureka" guy, Archimedes; follow some
good & clear and

At 09:49 PM 9/1/00 -0400, Michael Paul Goldenberg wrote:

>There are rumors that some math majors sign up for History

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Too many of our education students take history of mathematics as a way to
*avoid* mathematics

And I agree that Eves is an excellent choice.

Wayne.
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At 05:57

At 08:16 PM 9/1/00, Wayne Bishop wrote:
>A bit mathematically arrogant perhaps, but it does bring up a serious

on 9/1/00 8:16 PM, Wayne Bishop at wbishop@calstatela.edu wrote:

> While teaching high school in the Chicago area and

I do agree that a history of mathematics course should contain some
mathematics content. Indeed, we have a requirement in our math

While teaching high school in the Chicago area and working on my master's
degree for mathematics teachers at Northwestern, I took the required