Session 1
Topic: Beginnings
1. Homework Set 1
2. Mathematics
Quotes from Session 1
Session 2
Topic: Beginnings continued; Introduction to
Egyptian Mathematics
Session 3
Topic: Egyptian Mathematics, continued
3. Papyrus Rhind
4. Egyptian Narmer
Stone handout
5. Egyptian
Decomposition into unit fractions handout
Session 4
Topic: Egyptian Mathematics, Continued
Session 5
Topic: Egyptian Mathematics Conclusion,
Babylonian Mathematics
6. Plimpton Tablet
Handout
Session 6
Topic: Babylonian Mathematics Continued
2. Homework Set 2
Session 7
Babylonian Mathematics Conclusion, Introduction to
Greek Mathematics
Session 8
Pythagoras
Session 9
Paradoxes
Session 10
Exam Number One