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Kappa Mu Epsilon—This group is also a national mathematics honor society, but it is more specialized. It was founded in 1931 to ...

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone: 215-382- ...

Massey University Private Bag 102 904 North Shore Mail Centre Auckland New Zealand E-mail: [email protected] Web site: htt ...

What major museumsaround the world feature online exhibits dealing with math? There are several museums around the world that of ...

Geometry of War, 1500–1750. The museum is in Oxford, England, and its Web site is at http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/exhibits/index.htm. ...

This is a magazine for teachers, students, and anyone interested in mathematics as a hobby. Mathematics Magazine The MAA Service ...

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A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nashby Sylvia Nasar (Simon & Schuster, 2001; ISBN: ...

Fermat’s Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World’s Greatest Mathematical Problemby Simon Singh (Anchor Books, 1998; ISBN: 0385 ...

novels seem to be mostly science fiction. Below is merely a small taste of such titles—past and recent: 1 to 999—This book is by ...

him as a professor of mathematics who wins fame as a young man for his extension of the binomial theorem. Are there any math boo ...

a concept in measurement—the foot—and why it’s necessary to have measurement standards. What movieshad mathematics as their prim ...

SURFING THE INTERNET (Note: These Web sites were active at the time of this writing. Because content on the Internet can change ...

A publication of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). Articles are peer- reviewed, content is published continuously, ...

This site, operating under Drexel University’s School of Education, provides math- related materials, resources, activities, and ...

resource site covering all the basics of engineering mathematics. Located at http:// http://www.efunda.com/math/math_home/math.c ...

Mathpuzzle.com http://www.mathpuzzle.com Another great site for recreational math and puzzles. Puzzles.com http://www.puzzles.co ...

The following abbreviations are used for these conversion tables: atmatmosphere; BtuITBritish Thermal Unit (international tabl ...

Units of Length Units cm m in ft yd mile 1 in 2.54 0.0254 1 0.08333... 0.02777... 1.578283  10 ^5 1 ft 30.48 0.3048 12 1 0.333 ...

Units of Mass Units g kg oz lb m ton ton 1 oz 28.34952 0.02834952 1 0.0625 2.834952  10 ^5 3.125  10 ^5 1 lb 453.5924 0.4535 ...