Swetz, Frank J. (Author)
Johns Hopkins University Press
Physical Details: ix + 192 pp.; ill.
Language: English
"A collection of over 500 culturally and historically diverse mathematical problems carefully chosen to enrich mathematics teaching from middle school through the college level."--Provided by publisher.
...MoreReview Taro Fujita (2014) Review of "Robert Recorde: The Life and Times of a Tudor Mathematician". History of Education (pp. 713-716).
Review Ransom, Peter (2013) Review of "Mathematical Expeditions: Exploring Word Problems across the Ages". British Society for the History of Mathematics Bulletin (pp. 168-169).
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