[Phys-l] Two Centuries of School room Aids. [relay]

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

Supposing this may be of interest to you, I am relaying
this note from  Peggy Kidwell on rete - the instrument list.

Brian W

> Subject: [rete] Thank you!
>
> Over the past few years, several of you have answered bizarre inquiries
>  about such topics as blackboards, overhead projectors, geometric models
>  and slide rules.  I'm happy to report that these efforts have now borne
> fruit in the publication of Tools of American Mathematics Teaching
>  1800-2000.  This volume, co-authored by Amy Ackerberg-Hastings
>  and David Lindsay Roberts, describes the introduction of new objects into
> the American classroom, from the textbook and the blackboard to the
> graphing calculator and computer software.  It is available from
> Johns Hopkins University Press
> (see 
> <http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/9570.html>http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/9570.html 
> ).
>
> Many thanks for your help in this endeavor!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Peggy A. Kidwell
> Curator of Mathematics
> MRC671, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution
> P.O. Box 37012
> Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
>  for Fed Ex or UPS:  12th St. & Constituion Ave.
> Washington, D.C. 20560
> telephone:  202-633-3828
> kidwellp@si.edu


Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!