Mathematics History

I have under development a brief history of mathematics that applies mainly to the mathematics that is currently taught in grade school. Since La Sierra University is a church (Seventh-Day Adventist) related school most students know and care about the Bible. Although the Bible was never intended to be a mathematics textbook, there are many interesting mathematical facts in the Bible.

Chapters

My first chapter is entitled Bible Numbers. It explores some interesting uses of numbers, such as the value of pi.

The second chapter deals with Numerology in the Bible. It looks at special numbers, like 666. The importance of 12 to both Judaism and Christianity is another topic. For a brief summary paper that I presented along these lines at the Conference on Science and Faith at Andrews University in Michigan in August 1998 see Numerology and the Bible.

There are three more chapters that are partially complete: Numeration Systems, Geometry, and Arithmetic & Algebra.