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Archimedes Home Page- http://www.mcs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html This site is a collection of Archimedean miscellanea under continual development. I am slowly filling in the on-site links listed above with textual and graphical materials that I have collected over the years. In addition, here are some off-site links to basic information about Archimedes
History of Mathematics Archive- http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html The archive contains the biographies of more than 1100 mathematicians. You can access them from a selection of Alphabetical or Chronological Biographical indexes. We have written some articles on the development of mathematical ideas cross-referenced to the biographies. You can access these using the History Topics Index.
Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci- http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Fibonacci.html Leonardo Pisano is better known by his nickname Fibonacci. He was the son of Guilielmo and a member of the Bonacci family. Fibonacci himself sometimes used the name Bigollo, which may mean good-for-nothing or a traveler.
Mayan Numbers- http://education.wsu.edu/vpds/fair_95/gym/um001.html The Mayan\' s number system is in some respects very similar to ours. They used a symbol for 0 and had symbols for 0 - 19. These symbols are shown below. You can see that these are logical and easy to use. The bar symbol represents 5, and the dots are 1\'s. The numbers can be written with the dots on top of horizontal lines or to the left of vertical lines.
The Origins of Algebra- http://www.museums.reading.ac.uk/vmoc/algebra/section3_1.html This text-based site explains the history and origins of algebra.
The Proof- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/proof/ "For over 350 years, some of the greatest minds of science struggled to prove what was known as Fermat\'s Last Theorem -- the idea that a certain simple equation had no solutions. Now hear from the man who spent seven years of his life cracking the problem, read the intriguing story of an 18th century woman mathematician who hid her identity in order to work on Fermat\'s Last Theorem, and demonstrate that a related equation, the Pythagorean Theorem, is true."
Pythagoras\' Theorem- http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/3740/ History of Pythagoras and his proof in 3-D.
Rivendell\'s Math Page- http://www.watson.org/rivendell/math.html This page contains a long list of links to biographies of mathematicians and contains an image gallery of fractals.
Thales of Miletus- http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Thales.html Thales seems to be the first known Greek philosopher, scientist and mathematician although his occupation was that of an engineer. He is believed to have been the teacher of Anaximander (611 BC - 545 BC) and he was the first natural philosopher in the Milesian School. Numbers Base Ten Count- http://www.edbydesign.com/btcount.html This grouping activity is based on Base Ten Maths and helps children understand the concept of place value. They see numbers in the pictorial form of ones, tens and hundreds and learn how to group and carry numbers over to the next place. Base Ten blocks give numbers a form and reality and children gain a sense of understanding once they see how the numbers can manipulated.
The Binary System- http://fls.cll.wayne.edu/olmt/BINARY/welcome.htm The concept of using two symbols to encode information is an old one. African bush tribes sent messages via a combination of high and low pitches. Australian aborigines and New Guinea Tribesman counted by two\'s. Even more recently, Morse code consists of groups of dots and dashes which represents letters of the alphabet in another two-symbol code.
Count the Computer Track Ball Mice- http://www.interlog.com/~artpro/mice.htm A complete children\'s book created with 3D technology! Count the Computer Track Ball Mice in the image in the column on the right side of the page. Check out what these crazy critters are up to, then find them and count them in the image on the left . Children can learn to count, spell and recognize their numbers from 1-10, or just relax and enjoy the illustrations!
Cow\'s Number Page- http://wneo.org/cybermom/count.htm Learn your numbers and how to add and subtract here... and take an easy test.
Egyptian Mathematics- http://www.eyelid.co.uk/numbers.htm The ancient Egyptians were possibly the first civilization to practice the scientific arts. Where the Egyptians really excelled was in medicine and applied mathematics. But although there is a large body of papyrus literature describing their achievements in medicine, there is no records of how they reached their mathematical conclusions.
How is a Number Converted to Scientific Notation?- http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/measurement/faq/exponential-notation.shtml Bump the decimal point over so that it\'s just to the right of the first nonzero digit. If you bump it to the left, the power of ten is equal to the number of places the decimal point moves. If you bump it to the right, the power of ten is equal minus the number of places the decimal point moves.
The Prime Pages- http://www.utm.edu/research/primes/ An integer greater than one is prime if its only positive divisors are itself and one (otherwise it is composite). For example: 15 is composite because it has the two prime divisors 3 and 5.
Roman Numeral Date Conversion Guide- http://www2.inetdirect.net/~charta/Roman_numerals.html Two date conversion aids are also provided[2]. One is a simple html list of Roman and Arabic equivalencies that can be searched using the Find utility of any popular web browser. The other resource is a Java applet that accepts Roman numeral input in the range 1-4,999 and converts it to Arabic form.
Roman Numerals 101- http://www.cod.edu/people/faculty/lawrence/romaindx.htm Explains the set of roman numerals and their values.
Scientific Notation- http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/scinote.html With this program you can practice converting between scientific notation and normal numbers.
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