This book grew out of a five-year collaboration between groups of American and German mathematics educators. The central issue addressed accounting for the mess

Important study focuses on the revival and assimilation of ancient Greek mathematics in the 13th-16th centuries, via Arabic science, and the 16th-century develo

Time-honored study by a prominent scholar of mathematics traces decisive epochs from the evolution of mathematical ideas in ancient Egypt and Babylonia to major

This classic study notes the origin of a mathematical symbol, the competition it encountered, its spread among writers in different countries, its rise to popul

This book challenges some of the conventional wisdoms on the learning of mathematics. The authors use the computer as a window onto mathematical meaning-making.