Author Archives: Sarah Spoenemann

E = mc^2: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Sarah Spoenemann

October’s Book of the Month is : A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis. First published in 2003 by Walker and Company, paperback published 2001 by Berkley. (Adapted from the Amazon description) Beginning by introducing each … Continue reading →

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Gamma – Exploring Euler’s constant

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Sarah Spoenemann

The September Book of the Month adds to the collection of books on particular “numbers” from last month: Gamma: Exploring Euler’s constant by Julian Havil, published in 2003 by Princeton Science Library and Brief History of Infinity: The quest to … Continue reading →

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mathoverflow

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Sarah Spoenemann

August Site of the Month is about applications of advanced mathematics: mathoverflow The site is a thread of MathOverflow, a site for professional mathematicians. This thread, however, simply collects all the applications of different areas of research mathematics. Scroll down … Continue reading →

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The Story of Phi

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Sarah Spoenemann

The August book of the month is actually a group of books, all “The Story of Phi” particular numbers. These books include a social history as well as the mathematical history. e: The story of a number by Eli Maor, … Continue reading →

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MathWorld

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Sarah Spoenemann

The Site of the Month for July is MathWorld from Wolfram. An encyclopedic collection of mathematical items, searchable by topic or alphabetical index. It is “a free resource from Wolfram Research built with Mathematica” and was created (and continues to … Continue reading →

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4000 Jahre Algebra (4000 Years of Algebra)

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Sarah Spoenemann

The July Book of the Month is in German: 4000 Jahre Algebra (4000 Years of Algebra) by Alten, Naini, Eick, Folkerts, Schlosser, Schlote, Wesemüller-Koch, & Wußing. First published in 2003 and republished by Springer-Verlag in 2014 (also available as an … Continue reading →

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Fantasia Mathematica

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Sarah Spoenemann

June’s Book of the Month is Fantasia Mathematica, a collection of mathematical stories, poems, and humour compiled by Clifton Fadiman, and first published by Simon & Schuster in 1958. Authors include Aldous Huxley, H.G. Wells, and Arthur C. Clarke. It … Continue reading →

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How do I Solve this Equation? Look at the Symmetries! – The Idea behind Galois Theory

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Sarah Spoenemann

Originating author is Timo Leuders. Introduction There are some questions that accompany the development of mathematics through cultures and ages. One of these questions is how to find an unknown quantity of which one knows some relations such as – … Continue reading →

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Mathematical Impressions

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Sarah Spoenemann

June’s Site of the Month is: Mathematical Impressions A series of video presentations of mathematical phenomena, and discussion of their properties. These videos by geometer George Hart are part of the Simons Foundation scientific outreach. George Hart’s work can be … Continue reading →

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On-Line Encyclopaedia of Integer Sequences

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Sarah Spoenemann

May’s Site of the Month is the On-Line Encyclopaedia of Integer Sequences. The wiki-page is available in over 50 languages. This site of over a quarter of a million sequences allows you to enter the first integers of any sequence … Continue reading →

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