This semester's theme:
From Babylonian Tablets to Andrew Wiles.
Or equivalently,
From Pythagorean Triples to Fermat's Last Theorem.
Class meets W 5:45 - 8:35 ES 143.
Books:
1. A History of Mathematics, an Introduction by Victor J. Katz, 3rd edition (recommended but not required).
2. Journey through Genius, The Great Theorems of Mathematics by William Dunham, Penguin Books (required).