Section 1.1

Videos:

That's Mathematics! (time: 6:48)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FLGZtwfV3Y

Mathematics is Beautiful!  This video presents some of the formulas that form the basis for the world in which we live. (time: 3:12)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm_T-FiXkmY

A quick introduction to Pascal's triangle (time: 0:30)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo2JrPjijHc

Creativity and Problem Solving (time: 8:57)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hzOZrG3waA

Questions to ask yourself to help with your success in mathematics (time: 4:18)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_aeQCnknYY

This is an old classic on "funny math" (time: 2:14)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwV7OO043FA

Problem solving strategies (time 3:10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U04TbCR28g

History

This is one of the best all around sites that I have found. It is titled "The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive."
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history

This is an award-winning site that links to all sorts of mathematics information.
http://archives.math.utk.edu/

Throughout the text many mathematicians are profiled, and here I provide links to provide additional information for the interested reader.

George Polya:
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Polya.html

Blaise Pascal:
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Pascal.html

Reference Topics

These sites discuss magic squares:
http://mathforum.org/alejandre/magic.square.html
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MagicSquare.html

Lo Shu magic square:
http://mathforum.org/alejandre/magic.square/loshu.html

 

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