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eBook
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: History of Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th
Short selections from W. W. Rouse Ball's "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics," most of which are biographies that focus on the mathematician's work. The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or...
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Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Brook Taylor

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of St. Andrews page offers an excellent biography on Brook Taylor, an English mathematician and physicist (1685-1731.) Discusses his life and his contributions to these academic fields.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Exploring Taylor's Integrals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, the students will learn the use of Taylor's polynomials to integrate functions that are not easily integrated by hand. They learn this by completing a series of calculations that vary from integrating to finding a...
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Unit Plan
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Taylor Series

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from Mathworld.com contains extremely in-depth information about the Taylor series and its derivation. Definitely not for the beginner, but contains an excellent proof.
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Handout
Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: Brook Taylor (1685 1731)

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the mathematical achievements of Brook Taylor. Includes some biographical information.