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Frank J. Swetz is a founding editor of MAA Convergence. He currently hunts and secures images of "mathematical treasures" for Convergence from libraries and museums both near and far from his home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In addition to his publications referenced above and many others over the years, he has most recently authored the book, Mathematical Expeditions: Exploring Word Problems across the Ages (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012), and edited the collections, The European Mathematical Awakening: A Journey Through the History of Mathematics from 1000 to 1800 (Dover Publications, 2013) and The Search for Certainty: A Journey Through the History of Mathematics from 1800 to 2000 (Dover Publications, 2012).