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1. Choose your Mathematician.

• He/She should be interesting to you.
• Gather basic information on topic.

• From your textbook.
• FromCREDO Reference.
• Search "mathematician".
• On left column, click on biography.
• Search your subject.
• Look for people in left column.
• From Index of Biographies at MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
• From Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

2. Identify the information you will need about your mathematician.
• Use the "W questions.
• Create a concept map.
• Use the Fact Sheet.
3. Find the information from one of these suggested resources.
• For books--search LIBROS
• Choose subject.
• Choose UNM-Valencia.
• Search for mathematician--LAST NAME, FIRST NAME.
• Some possible books

American national biography

CT213 A68 1999 Reference

 

McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology

Q121 M3 2007 Reference

 

Scientists, mathematicians, and inventors

Q141 S54 1999 Reference

 

Journey through genius

QA21 D78 1990

 

Makers of mathematics

QA21 H74 1989

 

Mathematical people

QA28 M37 1985

• CREDO Reference
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• National Biography Reference Bank (only 4 user concurrent users)
• Mathematics Genealogy Project
• MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
• The History of Mathematics
• Math Archives: History of Mathematics
• History of Mathematics
• Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
• Chronological List of Mathematicians
• Math Forum: Internet Mathematics Library
• History of Mathematics Website
• British Society for the History of Mathematics
• Lectures on the History of Mathematics
• Mathematical Sciences Digital Library (registration required)
• University of Michigan Historical Mathematics Collection
• Cornell University Library Historical Math Monographs
• Fred Rickey's History of Mathematics Page
• MathPages: History
• Math is Good for You!
• Otterbein College Courtright Memorial Library History of Mathematics Library Guide
• Humboldt State University Library History of Mathematics Research Guide
• BUBL History of Mathematics
• Yale University Library Mathematics Literature Guide

4. Use the information to complete your assignment.