Victor J. Katz received his PhD in mathematics from Brandeis University in 1968 and has been Professor of Mathematics at the University of the District of Columbia for many years. He has long been interested in the history of mathematics and, in particular, in its use in teaching. He is the editor of The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India and Islam: A Sourcebook (2007). He has edited or co-edited two recent books dealing with this subject, Learn from the Masters (1994) and Using History to Teach Mathematics (2000). Dr. Katz also co-edited a collection of historical articles taken from MAA journals of the past 90 years, Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and other Tales of Mathematical History. He has directed two NSF-sponsored projects to help college teachers learn the history of mathematics and learn to use it in teaching. Dr. Katz has also involved secondary school teachers in writing materials using history in the teaching of various topics in the high school curriculum. These materials, Historical Modules for the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics, have now been published by the MAA. Currently, Dr. Katz is the PI on an NSF grant to the MAA that supports Convergence, an online magazine devoted to the history of mathematics and its use in teaching.

 Chapter 1. Egypt and Mesopotamia


Chapter 2. The Beginnings of Mathematics in Greece


Chapter 3. Euclid


Chapter 4. Archimedes and Apollonius


Chapter 5. Mathematical Methods in Hellenistic Times


Chapter 6. The Final Chapter of Greek Mathematics


Part II. Medieval Mathematics


Chapter 7. Ancient and Medieval China


Chapter 8. Ancient and Medieval India


Chapter 9. The Mathematics of Islam


Chapter 10. Medieval Europe


Chapter 11. Mathematics Elsewhere


Part III. Early Modern Mathematics


Chapter 12. Algebra in the Renaissance


Chapter 13. Mathematical Methods in the Renaissance


Chapter 14. Geometry, Algebra and Probability in the Seventeenth Century


Chapter 15. The Beginnings of Calculus


Chapter 16. Newton and Leibniz


Part IV. Modern Mathematics


Chapter 17. Analysis in the Eighteenth Century


Chapter 18. Probability and Statistics in the Eighteenth Century


Chapter 19. Algebra and Number Theory in the Eighteenth Century


Chapter 20. Geometry in the Eighteenth Century


Chapter 21. Algebra and Number Theory in the Nineteenth Century


Chapter 22. Analysis in the Nineteenth Century


Chapter 23. Probability and Statistics in the Nineteenth Century


Chapter 24. Geometry in the Nineteenth Century


Chapter 25. Aspects of the Twentieth Century"

1. The flexible presentation

2. Discussions of the important textbooks

3. A global perspective

4. Chapter openers

5. Focus essays

6. A chronology of major mathematicians

7. Problems from primary sources

8. Discussion questions

9. An annotated bibliography

10. A phonetic pronunciation guide

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