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Bite-sized History of Mathematics show

Bite-sized History of Mathematics

Summary: Mathematics has been done in particular times and places for thousands of years. Behind the theorems, equations, techniques and applications taught in the lecture room is a history of false starts, astonishing breakthroughs, remarkable personalities, fruitful collaborations, misattribution of credit, and disputes over who discovered what first. A series of stories, in fact. The materials aim to give students some of the history which lies behind a selection of the famous names and equations in mathematics. Each topic comprises a 'stand alone' two page pdf suitable to be 'dropped' into lecture notes and an accompanying mp3 file based on the pdf. This podcast provides the mp3 files and the pdf documents can be found on the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm These materials are freely available for educational use. We would like to hear from any tutors or students who use these resources - please tell us how you use them and how far they meet your needs.

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  • Artist: Noel-Ann Bradshaw, Tony Mann and Mark McCartney
  • Copyright: Noel-Ann Bradshaw, Tony Mann and Mark McCartney funded by the HE Academy MSOR Network

Podcasts:

 Archimedes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 06:58

Archimedes. Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

 From Beans to Bytes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 07:33

From Beans to Bytes. Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

 Complex Numbers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 05:58

Complex Numbers. Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

 Einstein and Relativity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 07:03

Einstein and Relativity. Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

 Leonhard Euler | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 06:21

Leonhard Euler. Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

 Fibonacci | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 08:29

Fibonacci. Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

 Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 06:39

Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier. Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

 Évariste Galois | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 06:03

Évariste Galois. Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

 Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 06:59

Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems. Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

 Islamic Mathematics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 07:54

Islamic Mathematics. Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

 Pierre Simon de Laplace | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 05:18

Pierre Simon de Laplace. Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

 The Logistic Map | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 06:31

The Logistic Map. Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

 Maclaurin and Taylor | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 05:16

Maclaurin and Taylor. Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

 Maskelyne and Comrie | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 06:29

Maskelyne and Comrie . Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

 Mathematical Notation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 05:40

Mathematical Notation. Get a pdf document on this topic via the website http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~mmccart/hom.htm

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