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Using History to Teach Mathematics: An International Perspective (New Mathematical Library)
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by Victor Katz
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Cover Type: Paperback with 261 pages
Published by: The Mathematical Association of AmericaEdition: 1st Edition January 15, 2000
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0883851636
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0883851630
Book Dimensions:
10.8 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Reader Reviews
Most articles have nothing to say beyond "history is good". Very few contain any substantial mathematics, and what little there is is mostly standard. The only really interesting article is Giacardi's on Beltrami's work on hyperbolic geometry. We learn that Beltrami built pseudospherical surfaces and see pictures of a preserved model of his but unfortunately no details are given besides a very opaque quotation: "if ... you consider the surface lying between two meridians, close enough together for it to be replaced , over a certain length, by a plane, you can with little bits of paper cut into appropriate shapes reproduce the curved trapetzia whose surface can be supposed to be compounded". It appears that there are more details in the Beltrami-Houel correspondence (now published). Beltrami had also had the idea of the projective view of hyperbolic geometry in 1869, but of course Klein published first: "I deeply regret having allowed Klein to anticipate me on this point which I had already gathered material, but to which I made the mistake of not giving enough importance". Finally, I was pleased to hear Beltrami complain about "the usual phenomena of elementary papers written by people who really need to study the classic papers, and whom I have often wanted to remind of our Giusti's extraordinary epigram: Il fare un libro è meno che niente, se il libro fatto non rifà la gente".
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