Mathworld, hosted and sponsored by Wolfram Research, Inc., is an online mathematics encyclopedia intended for students, educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers. This amazing resource was compiled over 12 years by...

Throughout history, there have been many famous curves. In this case, the famous curves profiled here have names such as rhodonea, right strophoid, and the Kampyle of Eudoxus. These curves belong to the world of the...

Construction of the Gateway Arch: materials and techniques used to build it, and the mathematical equation used to create its catenary curve shape. In-depth articles tell about the designer of the memorial (architect...

A list of mathematics journals with articles on the Web and a list of Web sites for printed journals, with tables of contents of issues, abstracts of papers, actual papers, information about submissions and...

Promotes the development of Bayesian statistical theory and its application to problems in science, industry and government. News, history and minutes, archive of abstracts, information about the Reverend Thomas Bayes,...

Original Web-based activities developed by Thirteen Ed Online Master Teachers. Each lesson consists of an overview with learning objectives, procedures for teachers, and "organizers" for students -- hand-outs,...

A unit that begins with a historical development of pi and proceeds with examples of activities to help students develop a deeper appreciation of the mathematical beauty and value of pi.

An integrated body of resource material for a high school general mathematics course. The integrating theme, twentieth-century America, provides the general area to be considered; five foci supply specific subtopics from...

Exploring music, astronomy and cosmology, starting with the historical roots; the Pythagoreans in particular contributed profoundly to the development of Western Music by discovering two facts: first, that the sound...

A unit designed to teach metrics. It discusses what metrics are, and how and why the system came about. Arguments are presented for why it should be taught, and disadvantages are mentioned. Includes an outline of the...