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Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers, Nov 1994, 654

Albrecht Dürer's Renaissance Connections between Mathematics and Art, Apr 1994, 278-282

Alex: A One-Act Play about Euclid, Apr 1986, 303

America's Lifeline, Jan 1995, 64

Archimedes and Pi, Mar 1989, 204-206

The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective, Sep 1992, 496

Back to the Present: Ruminations on an Old Arithmetic Test, Sep 1993, 491-494

Benjamin Banneker, Sep 1992, 496

Benoit Mandelbrot: The Euclid of Fractal Geometry. Nov. 2000, 708–12

Beyond Numeracy: Ruminations of a Numbers Man, Dec 1991, 764-765

A Brief Look at the History of Probability and Statistics, Nov 1991, 623-630

A Celebration in Honor of Isaac Newton, Dec 1991, 727-730

A Century of Calculus, Apr 1993, 346

A Century of Mathematics: Through the Eyes of the Monthly, Dec 1994, 720

A Chain of Influence in the Development of Geometry, Jan 1991, 15-18

Classic Math: History Topics for the Classroom, Sep 1994, 455

Code Breakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park, Sep 1994, 455

The Colorful Characters of Mathematics, Nov 1992, 694

The Contributions of Karaji-Successor to al-Khwarizmi, Oct 1986, 538-541

A Convergence of Lives: Sofia Kovalevskaia: Scientist, Writer, Revolutionary, Dec 1993, 785

Correspondence from Mathematicians. Nov. 2000, 688–91

The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics, May 1992, 394

Discrete Mathematics and Historical Analysis: A Study of Magellan, Feb 1995, 106-112

e, The Story of a Number, Jan 1995, 61

Education and Learning to Think, Oct 1988, 596

Egyptian Fractions: Ahmes to Fibonacci to Today, Oct 1991, 561-568

Episodes in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Euclidean Geometry, Nov 1995, 686

An Equation That Changed the World: Newton, Einstein, and the Theory of Relativity, Sep 1995, 520

Euclides Vindicatus, Mar 1987, 254

Euler's Amazing Way to Solve Equations, Mar 1992, 224-227

The Evolutionary Character of Mathematics. Nov. 2000, 692–94

The Evolving Role of Women in Mathematics. Dec. 2000, 782–86

Famous People of Computing: A Book of Posters, Jan 1988, 79

Felix Klein and the NCTM's Standards: A Mathematician Considers Mathematics Education. Nov. 2000, 714–17

Fermat's Last Theorem: 1637-1988, Nov 1989, 637-640

Foundations of Higher Mathematics, Jan 1991, 67

From Five Fingers to Infinity: A Journey through the History of Mathematics, Sep 1995, 522

From the Top of the Mountain. Nov. 2000, 700–703

From Zero to Infinity, 4th ed, Mar 1993, 265

Galois's Theory of Algebraic Equations, Jan 1989, 70

George Boole: His Life and Work, Feb 1987, 164-165

George Pólya: Master of Discovery, Apr 1993, 347

Graph Theory, Jan 1989, 70-72

Group Symmetries Connect Art and History with Mathematics. May 2000, 364–70

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet Extraordinaire, May 1989, 378-379

Heron's Remarkable Triangle Area Formula, Feb 1993, 161-163

The Historical Roots of Elementary Mathematics, Dec 1988, 756

Historical Topics for the Mathematics Classroom, 2d ed, Sep 1992, 490

History in the Mathematics Classroom: The IREM Papers, Feb 1991, 142

The History of Mathematics, Mar 1990, 240

A History of Mathematics, May 1992, 394-395

A History of Mathematics, May 1992, 395

A History of Mathematics, 4th ed, Sep 1986, 481

The History of Mathematics, A Reader, May 1988, 404-405

History of Pi, Mar 1991, 238-240

A History of Probability and Statistics and Their Applications before 1750, Dec 1990, 752-753

Humanize Your Classroom with the History of Mathematics, Sep 1993, 461-464

I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography, Sep 1986, 481-482

Impact of the Black Death (1348-1405) on World Population: Then and Now, Feb 1986, 92-94, 146

In Celebration: Newton's Principia, 1687-1987, Dec 1987, 711-714

In Eves' Circles, Dec 1994, 721

Introduction to Mathematical Logic, 3d ed, Oct 1987, 595-596

Invitation to Mathematics, Apr 1993, 348

Is Nicolas Bourbaki Alive?, Nov 1990, 666-668

Islands of Truth: A Mathematical Mystery Cruise, Apr 1991, 326

The Issue of Reform: What Have We Learned from Yesteryear?, May 1988, 352-363

Journey through Genius, Feb 1992, 148

Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics, Dec 1990, 753-754

The Joy of Mathematics, Sep 1987, 494

The Joy of Mathematics, Apr 1990, 332

Kepler and Wiles: Models of Perseverance. Nov. 2000, 680–81

Landmarks in Digital Computing: A Smithsonian Pictorial History, Mar 1995, 243

The Last Problem, Sep 1991, 489

Learning Activities from the History of Mathematics, Apr 1995, 354-355

Let Newton Be!, Sep 1989, 479

Littlewood's Miscellany, Dec 1987, 751-752

Lotteries: Who Wins, Who Loses?, Jan 1993, 91

The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix, Jan 1986, 74

The Magic of Mathematics: Discovering the Spell of Mathematics, Dec 1994, 722

The Magic of Numbers, Sep 1992, 493

The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan, Feb 1992, 148

The Many Uses of Algebraic Variables, Oct 1992, 557-561

Math of Arabia, Feb 1995, 154

Math of Europe, Feb 1995, 154

Math of India, Dec 1994, 725

Math of the Navajo, Dec 1994, 725

The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1602-1665, 2d ed, Oct 1995, 610-611

Mathematical Cranks, May 1993, 429-430

Mathematical Firsts-Who Done It?, May 1986, 387-391

A Mathematical History Tour. Jan. 2000, 14–17 (see also Oct. 2000, 577, 607, Nov. 2000, 637)

Mathematical Maxims and Minims, Sep 1989, 479

Mathematical People: Profiles and Interviews, Apr 1987, 319-320

Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Vol. 1, Nov 1990, 684

The Mathematical Tourist: Snapshots of Modern Mathematics, Oct 1990, 575

The Mathematical Traveler: Exploring the Grand History of Numbers, Jan 1995, 62

The Mathematical Universe: An Alphabetical Journey through the Great Proofs, Problems and Personalities, Dec 1995, 778

A Mathematician's Apology, Dec 1992, 766-767

Mathematicians Are Human Too. Nov. 2000, 696–99

Mathematicians Are People, Too: Stories from the Lives of Great Mathematicians, May 1991, 408

Mathematics and the Search for Knowledge, Sep 1987, 496

Mathematics and the Unexpected, Mar 1989, 226-227

Mathematics Education 1994, Oct 1994, 576

Mathematics Education: A Wider Perspective, Oct 1995, 611

Mathematics for the Multitude? A History of the Mathematical Association (UK), Dec 1994, 722-723

Mathematics from Manuscript to Print 1300-1600, Sep 1989, 479

Mathematics History Time Line, Nov 1987, 640-642

Mathematics Illustrated Dictionary, Oct 1990, 576

Mathematics in the Age of Jane Austen: Essential Skills of 1800. Nov. 2000, 670–79

Mathematics in Search of History. Nov. 2000, 647–50

The Mathematics of Levi ben Gershon. Nov. 2000, 659–63

The Mathematics of Plato's Academy, Feb 1992, 150

Memorabilia Mathematica: The Philomath's Quotation Book, Oct 1994, 572-573

The Method of Archimedes, Mar 1993, 240-243

Mind Tools-The Five Levels of Mathematical Reality, Nov 1988, 692-693

Möbius and His Band: Mathematics and Astronomy in Nineteenth-Century Germany, May 1994, 382-383

More Joy of Mathematics: Exploring Mathematics All around You, Jan 1993, 92

More Mathematical People: Contemporary Conversations, Dec 1994, 723

The Most Beautiful Mathematical Formulas, Feb 1993, 174-175

N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös, Apr 1995, 355

Napoleon's Waterloo Wasn't Mathematics, Nov 1989, 648-654

Native American Mathematics, Mar 1989, 227

The Nature and Power of Mathematics, Oct 1994, 573

Note Toward a History of Teaching Statistics, May 1989, 395

The Number Phoenix: A Summer Awakening, Apr 1988, 315-321

Number Theory and Its History, Feb 1989, 148

Number Words and Number Symbols: A Cultural History of Numbers, Jan 1994, 55

Numbers through the Ages, Oct 1990, 578

Out of the Mouths of Mathematicians: A Quotation Book for Philomaths, Sep 1994, 458-460

Outstanding Women in Mathematics and Science, Nov 1993, 696

Pi in the Sky: Counting, Thinking, and Being, May 1993, 430

The Polya Picture Album: Encounters of a Mathematician, Sep 1988, 495-496

A Pólya Sampler, Mar 1995 196-199

Portraits for Classroom Bulletin Boards: Women Mathematicians, Apr 1991, 328

Products, 1995, 154, 354-55; 1996, 612

Products, Feb. 1999, 179

Professor Bear's Mathematical World, Oct 1988, 598

Projects, Nov. 2000, 728

Publications, 1995, 61, 62, 520, 522, 610-11, 778, 780

Publications, 1996, 172, 174, 437, 514, 609–10, 780, 781, 782

Publications, 1997, 249–50 (see also Dec 1997, 764–65), 410, 498, 499

Publications, 1998, 87–88, 356–58, 534–35, 807–8

Publications, Feb. 1999, 176, Mar. 1999, 273, May 1999, 454, Sept. 1999, 552, Oct. 1999, 640, Dec. 1999, 842

Pythagoras Meets Fibonacci, Apr 1989, 277-282

The Quadratic Formula: A Historic Approach, Nov 1988, 670-672

Quadratic Formulas: Up to NCTM's Curriculum Standards, Sep 1992, 461-465

Quotes, Damned Quotes, And…, May 1989, 395

Reader Reflections, 1995, 266, 329, 435, 544, 618

Reader Reflections, 1997, 676, 694, 764–65

Reader Reflections, 1998, 514

Reader Reflections, Nov. 2000, 695

Recent Revolutions in Mathematics, May 1988, 405

Return to Mathematical Circles, Dec 1988, 757

Reunion of Broken Parts: Experiencing Diversity in Algebra. Jan. 2000, 62–67 (see also Oct. 2000, 577, 607)

The Role of History in a Mathematics Class. Nov. 2000, 704–6

The Search for E. T. Bell, Also Known as John Taine, May 1994, 383

Science, Computers and People from the Tree of Mathematics, Nov 1987, 689-691

Several Incarnations of McKay, Apr 1986, 294-297

Soundoff: Mathematics: A Wonderful Kind of Play, Mar 1990, 172-175

Spheres in a Cone; or, Proving the Conic Sections, Mar 1987, 182-184

A Star to Guide Us. Feb. 1999, 100-101

The Story of Mathematics, Apr 1994, 297

Studies in the History of Mathematics, vol. 26, Oct 1988, 599

The Surface Plane, Jan 1993, 94

Tales of Physicists and Mathematicians, Dec 1988, 758-759

Teachers and Machines: The Classroom Use of Technology Since 1920, May 1987, 411

Teaching and Learning: A Problem-Solving Focus, Dec 1987, 749

Ten Lessons from the Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Sept. 1999, 530-31

Thinking the Unthinkable: The Story of Complex Numbers (with a Moral), Oct 1988, 583-592

Through the Ages, Oct 1991, 575

To Infinity and Beyond: A Cultural History of the Infinite, Sep 1988, 494-495

The Trisectors, Feb 1995, 151-152

Two Egyptian Construction Tools, Feb 1993, 166-167

Using Problems from the History of Mathematics in Classroom Instruction, May 1989, 370-377

The Values of Precision, Dec 1995, 780

A Visit from Pythagoras--Using Costumes in the Classroom. Nov. 2000, 652–55

The Volume of a Sphere: A Chinese Derivation, Feb 1995, 142-145

When Did Euclid Live? An Answer Plus a Short History of Geometry, Sep 1989, 460-463

Who? How? What? A Strategy for Using History to Teach Mathematics. Nov. 2000, 642–45

Why Elementary Algebra Can, Should, and Must Be an Eighth-Grade Course for Average Students, Sep 1987, 428-438

Why Were So Few Mathematicians Female?, Oct 1996, 592–96

Why Women Succeed in Mathematics, Feb 1990, 150-154

Woman in Science: With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind, Apr 1992, 316

Women and Numbers: Lives of Women Mathematicians Plus Discovery Activities, Dec 1993, 786

Women in Mathematics: Balancing the Equation, Apr 1986, 304-305

Women, Numbers and Dreams: Biographical Sketches and Math Activities, Dec 1986, 746

Women of Mathematics: A Bibliographic Sourcebook, Dec 1988, 759

Word Histories: Melding Mathematics and Meanings. Nov. 2000, 664–69

The World of Mathematics, Vols. 1-4, Nov 1989, 660

The World's Most Famous Math Problem: The Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem and Other Mathematical Mysteries, Sep 1994, 460

Young's Vision, Apr 1993, 330-333

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