Sessions in the history of mathematics and its use in teaching are listed below. Where available, there is a link to a fuller description of the session. A complete program can be found here.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
9:00 – 11:00 am MAA Minicourse #7, part 1. Geometry with History for Teaching
Teachers. David Henderson and Daina Taimina.
9:30 - 10:50 am HOM SIGMAA Special Presentation. The Shapes of Sacred
Space: The Geometry of Ancient Maya Art and
Architecture. Edwin L. Barnhart and Christopher Powell.
2:15 – 6:05 pm Joint Special Session. Ancient and Nonwestern Mathematics, part
1. Organized by Duncan Melville.
Friday, January 13, 2006
8:00 – 11:55 am MAA Contributed Paper Session. Using History of Mathematics
in Your Mathematics Course. Organized by Dick Jardine and Amy
Shell-Gellasch.
1:00 – 3:50 pm Joint Special Session. Ancient and Nonwestern Mathematics,
part 2. Organized by Duncan Melville.
1:00 – 3:00 pm MAA Minicourse #11, part 1. Teaching a Course in the History of
Mathematics. Fred Rickey and Victor Katz.
6:00 – 8:00 pm HOM SIGMAA Annual Meeting. Business meeting and guest
lecture by Kim Plofker. Organized by Amy Shell-Gellasch.
Saturday, January 14, 2006
9:00 – 11:00 am MAA Minicourse #7, part 2. Geometry with History for
Teaching Teachers. David Henderson and Daina Taimina.
1:00 – 5:50 pm Joint Special Session. History of Mathematics, part 1.
Organized by Joe Dauben, Patti Hunter, and Karen Parshall.
Sunday, January 15, 2006
1:00 – 3:00 pm MAA Minicourse #11, part 2. Teaching a Course in the History of
Mathematics. Fred Rickey and Victor Katz.
1:00 – 5:50 pm Joint Special Session. History of Mathematics, part 2.
Organized by Joe Dauben, Patti Hunter, and Karen Parshall.