MA 330: History of Mathematics
Spring 2018, MWF 9-9:50
Whitehall Classroom Building 337-CB
Instructor: Dave Jensen
Office: POT 733
Office Hours: MWF 10-11
Email: dave.h.jensen@gmail.com
Syllabus
Project Handout
Project Topics
Dweck, "The Secret to Raising Smart Kids"
Loewen, "Handicapped by History" (Chapter 1 of "Lies My Teacher Told Me")
Duchin, The Sexual Politics of Genius
Handout on Euler's proof of the infinitude of primes
Joshi, Konigsberg: Seven Small Bridges, One Giant Graph Problem
NRICH article, The Four Colour Theorem
Burger and Starbird, "The Shape of Reality" (Chapter from "The Heart of Mathematics")
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