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CultureMATH
March’s Site of the Month is: CultureMATH CultureMATH is a French language website dedicated to secondary mathematics teacher education. Published articles present mathematical ideas at several levels. The topics are often related to the curriculum, to present them more deeply. … Continue reading
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Mathematical Etudes
February’s Site of the Month: Mathematical Etudes This is a Russian site, but has an English and a French version, use “en” or “fr” at the end of the URL. The site contains several 3D animated films that illustrate theorems … Continue reading
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The Story of a Number
February’s Book of the Month is: The Story of a Number by Eli Manor. First published in 1993 and available in paperback in the Princeton Science Library. From the “Goodreads” website. See here for more details. “…. Geared to the … Continue reading
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The Largest Known Primes
January’s Site of the Month: The Largest Known Primes – A Summary In January a new largest prime was found – with over 22 million digits. Cooper, Woltman, Kurowski and Blosser used GIMPS (Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search) which is … Continue reading
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Mathematics for the Million
January’s Book of the Month is Mathematics for the Million: How to Master the Magic of Numbers by Lancelot Hogben. First published in 1936 and reprinted many times. From the Prologue: “The customary way of writing a book about mathematics … Continue reading
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Historical Topics for the Mathematics Classroom
December’s Book of the Month is Historical Topics for the Mathematics Classroom by J.K. Baumgart, D.E. Deal, B.R. Vogeli, A.E. Hallerberg, eds., published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. This book has a summary of the history of … Continue reading
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Imaginary
December’s Site of the Month: IMAGINARY Imaginary is a site containing “vignette-like” short articles on modern mathematics for a general audience. It emanates from the Mathematics Research Centre at Oberwolfach, where groups of mathematicians meet to work on particular areas … Continue reading
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Geometry and the Imagination
November’s Book of the Month is Geometry and the Imagination by Hilbert and Cohn-Vossen. First published in 1952. The AMS website says: “This remarkable book has endured as a true masterpiece of mathematical exposition. … The book is overflowing with … Continue reading
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Accromath
November’s site of the month: Accromath This is the site of a French-Canadian journal aimed at a mathematics teacher audience. Now in its 10th volume, the journal has articles in French that can be read online or download as pdf.
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The Laboratory of Mathematical Instruments
October’s site of the month: The Laboratory of Mathematical Instruments October’s book of the month: Bartolini Bussi, Maria G., Maschietto, Michela (2006). Macchine Matematiche. Springer Japanese Translation: Kyokusen no jiten : seishitsu rekishi sakuzuhoÌ, Tankoban Hardcover A mathematics teacher coming … Continue reading
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