Math through the Ages
About the Authors
Bill Berlinghoff
was educated at Holy Cross, Boston College, and Wesleyan University, where
he received his Ph.D. in mathematics. Until recently, he was a Visiting
Professor of Mathematics at Colby
College in Waterville, ME. Among other courses, Bill regularly taught
Mathematics 111, a course in mathematics for liberal arts students that
paid close attention to historical development of the subject. Bill is
author and co-author of several college texts for liberal arts mathematics,
including A Mathematics Sampler (5th edition, Ardsley House,
2001). He is also a senior writer for MATH
Connections, a Standards-based secondary school core
curriculum.
Fernando
Gouvêa was born in Brazil and educated at the University of
São Paulo and at Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in
mathematics. Fernando is Professor of Mathematics at Colby College, where he teaches, among
other things, a regular course on the history of mathematics. He was a
participant in the Institute for the History of Mathematics and its Use
in Teaching, organized by the Mathematical
Association of America. Fernando is the editor of the newsletter of the
MAA and he also runs MAA
Reviews, the MAA's comprehensive online book review service. In
addition to this book, he wrote, edited, or co-wrote four other (rather
technical) mathematics books as well as many research papers and expository
articles.
Oxton House Publishers,
Farmington, ME
Mathematical Association of America,
Washington, DC
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