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Mathematicians	General Math Links	The Bell Curve
Fibonacci Sequence

General Math Links

  Archimedes and the Crown
[Online] Available http://www.escape.ca~dcc/eureka/crown.html

  Ask Dr. Math
[Online] Available http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/dr-math.html

  Gallery Of Interactive Geometry
[Online] Available http://www.geom.umn.edu/apps/gallery.html

  Lessons by Susan Boone
[Online] Available http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/GT/sboone/Lessons/lptitle.html  

  Mega-Math
[Online] Available http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/    

  MathGoodies
[Online] Available http://www.mathgoodies.com/
"Online lessons and activities offer math resources for students in elementary, middle school or high school. Short lessons (explanations) are followed by interactive activities." ("Library Spot)

 

                    

Mathematicians - Biographical Information

    Books & Other Resources For This Project            Research assignment

  BigChalk - Mathematicians
http://www.bigchalk.com
Websites, compiled by BigChalk.com that provide biographical information about famous mathematicians.

    The History of Mathematics on the World Wide Web  http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/Links. html#Miscellaneous.
Includes biographies of famous mathematicians. Created by the School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

    The Homework Planet - Mathematicians
http://www.homeworkplanet.com
Websites about famous mathematicians compiled by The Homework Planet

    Indexes of Biographies [Online] Available http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk:80/~history/ BiogIndex.html. MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of St Andrews, Scotland.

    Math Forum Internet Resource Collection 
http://mathforum.org/library/topics/history/
General Math and Science Infomation, including biographical information. Site is funded by the National Science Foundation.

  Mathematicians
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html#mathbio
Biographic websites about mathematicians, compiled by Multnomah Public Library.

 

The Bell Curve

  THE BELL CURVE: INTELLIGENCE AND CLASS STRUCTURE IN AMERICAN LIFE, by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray. This book can be borrowed from other libraries in the area.

  The Normal Distribution and "The Bell Curve" Discussion
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/discussions/sd_bell1.html
A discussion page from Project Interactive. "These discussions are designed to give teachers ideas for how to introduce or explain a concept with a student or with a class. Informal and formal definitions of concepts as well as common student misconceptions are included in the dialogue."

  SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES:
http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/search.htm
Use EBSCOHOST, or Infotrac or one of the other research databases to find more information about the controversial book "the Bell Curve".  You will find pertinent information by entering the following search string:
"Bell Curve" AND Herrnstein

  The Bell Curve
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eintell/bellcurve.shtml
This page provides summaries and criticisms of the controversial book "The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein & Charles Murray. The page is part of the "Human Intelligence" research website.

  History of Influences In the Development of Intelligence Theory & Testing
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eintell/map.shtml
A good place to research biographic information as well as the history of many intelligence theories.

 

 

Fibonacci Sequence

Fibonacci Fingers
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html#fingers 

The Fibonnacci Series - ThinkQuest
http://library.thinkquest.org/27890/applications5.html

 

 

	This page created 07/05/98 - updated on 09/26/07