Calculus Gems, a collection of essays written about mathematicians and mathematics, is a spin-off of two appendices ("Biographical Notes" and "Variety of Additi

Demonstrates the profound connections that join mathematics to the history of philosophy.

The first half of Calculus Gems is a biographical history of mathematics from the earliest times to the late nineteenth century. The author shows how science -

Classroom resource material allowing the integration of mathematics history into undergraduate mathematics teaching.

How a simple equation reshaped mathematics Leonhard Euler’s polyhedron formula describes the structure of many objects—from soccer balls and gemstones to Bu