On the Web!
Math Organizations... Other Resources on the Web
- The Most Common Errors in Undergrad Mathematics Assignments
- Yahoo's Math Related Listings
- TV child actress grows up to major in abstract mathematics (the real stuff!)
- Biographies of Mathematicians World-wide
- The Mathematical Atlas, by Dave Rusin
- The Math Forum, a great resource!
- History of Mathematics
- Mathematical Quotations. I could spend hours here!
- Math Jokes!
- Math in the Movies
- The Man Who Spent His Life Computing Pi
- Math Fun Facts
- Salary and Employment Survey
- Gallery of Interactive Geometry
- The Beauty of Mathematics
According to the recollections of one of Newton's acquaintances, Newton had loaned someone a copy of Euclid. When the book was returned, the borrower asked Newton what use geometry might have, what might be the "good of it." According to the report, this was the only occasion on which Newton was known to have laughed. |