Readings on Reserve in the Libraries

In the Education Library (Dickey Hall)

1. John H. Conway and Richard K. Guy, The Book of Numbers, Springer, 1996, pp. 1-26. Origins of some of our concepts of numbers.
2. A collection of several pages:
   1. David M. Burton, The History of Mathematics, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1997, pp. 253-255. Origins of our present-day numerals.
   2. William Dunham, Journey Through Genius, Penguin, New York, 1991, p. 254. Cantor.
   3. Carl B. Boyer and Uta C. Merzbach, A History of Mathematics, Wiley, New York, 1991, pp. 596-598. Peano's axioms.
   4. David M. Burton, The History of Mathematics, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1997, pp. 560-563. Hilbert and Gödel.
3. R. W. Hamming, Mathematics on a distant planet, American Mathematical Monthly 105 (1998) 640-650.
4. Martin Gardner, Mathematical induction and colored hats, Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers, chapter 10.
5. Martin Gardner, The calculus of finite differences, New Mathematical Diversions from Scientific American, chapter 20.
6. Martin Gardner, Negative numbers, Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers, chapter 11.
7. Martin Gardner, Imaginary numbers, Fractal Music, Hypercards, and More..., chapter 17.
8. Martin Gardner, Tiling with convex polygons, Time Travel and Other Mathematical Bewilderments, chapter 13.
9. Doris Schattschneider, In praise of amateurs, The Mathematical Gardner, 140-167.

In the Mathematics Library (Basement of POT)

1. John H. Conway and Richard K. Guy, The Book of Numbers, Springer, 1996.

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