Syllabus
Class Calendar
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- 1/28/2026: Today we worked through most of sections 1 through 3 of the the Rosetta Stone Packet (https://tinyurl.com/3vppjdem). Finish up and review those sections so that we can work on sections 4 and 5 in class. Also be sure to do the reading listed on the syllabus.
- 1/26/2026:
Snow Day : Please be sure that you have finished the first reading and have watched The Story of Maths: The Language of the Universe by Wednesday. Since we finished The Story of 1 last Wednesday we will be able to stick to our schedule as listed on the syllabus. - 1/21/2026: We went over the Syllabus and Watched The Story of 1.
Unit 1: Overview of The History of Mathematics
- Video: The Story of 1
- Video: The Story of Maths: The Language of the Universe
- Video: The Story of Maths: The Genius of the East
- Video: The Story of Maths: The Frontiers of Space
- Video: The Story of Maths: To Infinity and Beyond
- Text Section: The History of Mathematics in a Nutshell pp. 5-66
- Exam on 3/2/2026
Unit 2: Evolution of Numbers
- Text Sections: Sketches 1-5 (pp. 67-102), Sketch 17 (pp.179-186), Sketch 29 (pp. 271-278)
- Assignment Due 4/6/2026: Sketch 3 – 4 (p.85); Sketch 4 – 4 (p.93); Sketch 5 – 2 (p.101); Sketch 17 – 3 & 4 (p.185); Sketch 29 – 2 (p.277)
- Exam on 3/20/2026
Unit 3: Algebra and Calculus
- Text Sections: Sketches 8 – 11 (pp. 115-140), 30 (pp. 279-286)
- Assignment Due 4/27/2026: Sketch 9 – 2 & 6 (p.127); Sketch 11 – 4 (p.139); Sketch 30 – 2 & 3 (p.285)
- Exam on 4/20/2026
Unit 4: Geometry Through the Ages
- Text Sections: Sketches 7 (pp.109-114), 12 (pp.141-148), 14-16 (pp.157-178), 19 & 20 (pp. 195-202)
- Assignment Due 5/15/2026 by 3pm: Sketch 7 – 2 (p.113); Sketch 12 – 3 (p.147); Sketch 14 – 3 (p.163); Sketch 16 – 2 (p.177); Sketch 19 – 3 (p.201); Sketch 20 – 5 (p.205)
- Exam on 5/11/2024
Primary Source Project
Select an activity from the TRIUMPHS (TRansforming Instruction in Undergraduate Mathematics via Primary Historical Sources) Project which you can learn about here: https://triumphs.ursinus.edu/. For your Primary Source Project you will need to complete one of these projects, then research the history of a typical secondary education mathematics topic and use that research to create a similar project for that topic.