The Nature of Mathematics, 12th Edition
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Individual Research Project 4.2

    What are some of the significant events in the development of mathematics? Who are some of the famous people who have contributed to mathematical knowledge?

References:

    Howard Eves, In Mathematical Circles, Vols. 1 and 2 (Boston: Prindle, Weber, & Schmidt, 1969), Mathematical Circles Revisited (1971), Mathematical Circles Adieu (1977).

    Virginia Newell et al., Black Mathematicians and Their Works (Ardmore, PA: Dorrence & Company, 1980).

    Mona Fabricant, Sylvia Svitak, and Patricia Clark Kenschaft, ¿Why Women Succeed in Mathematics,î Mathematics Teacher, February 1990, pp. 150-154 (with references).

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