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Activities emphasizing communication include writing, in depth research, and class discussion.
These activities promote the understanding that mathematics does not stand alone but influences and is influenced by other disciplines. There are over 100 vignettes intended for use as a vehicle to introduce students to math history and to use the simplified histories as an entry point for research projects or a beginning point for a focused development of one or more related mathematical concepts. Each vignette contains a Related Reading section for students to refer for material focusing on the vignette's main theme or on a topic related to the main theme and an Activities section for student researching, writing, and completion of problems. Using the vignettes, the book outlines the continuum of mathematical development starting with counting in Mesopotamia to the present day topics of Escalante, chaos, and fractals.