Table of Contents
VOLUME 1:
PREFACE
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
A
Abacus
Absolute Zero
Accountant
Accuracy and Precision
Agnesi, Maria Gaëtana
Agriculture
Air Traffic Controller
Algebra
Algebra Tiles
Algorithms for Arithmetic
Alternative Fuel and Energy
Analog and Digital
Angles, Measurement of
Angles of Elevation and Depression
Apollonius of Perga
Archaeologist
Archimedes
Architect
Architecture
Artists
Astronaut
Astronomer
Astronomy, Measurements in
Athletics, Technology in
B
Babbage, Charles
Banneker, Benjamin
Bases
Bernoulli Family
Boole, George
Bouncing Ball, Measurement of a
Brain, Human
Bush, Vannevar
C
Calculators
Calculus
Calendar, Numbers in the
Carpenter
Carroll, Lewis
Cartographer
Census
Central Tendency, Measures of
Chaos
Cierva Codorniu, Juan de la
Circles, Measurement of
City Planner
City Planning
Comets, Predicting
Communication Methods
Compact Disc, DVD, and MP3 Technology
Computer-Aided Design
Computer Analyst
Computer Animation
Computer Graphic Artist
Computer Information Systems
Computer Programmer
Computer Simulations
Computers and the Binary System
Computers, Evolution of Electronic
Computers, Future of
Computers, Personal
Congruency, Equality, and Similarity
Conic Sections
Conservationist
Consistency
Consumer Data
Cooking, Measurement of
Coordinate System, Polar
Coordinate System, Three-Dimensional
Cosmos
Cryptology
Cycling, Measurements of
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GLOSSARY
TOPIC OUTLINE
VOLUME ONE INDEX
VOLUME 2:
D
Dance, Folk
Data Analyst
Data Collxn and Interp
Dating Techniques
Decimals
Descartes and his Coordinate System
Dimensional Relationships
Dimensions
Distance, Measuring
Division by Zero
Dürer, Albrecht
E
Earthquakes, Measuring
Economic Indicators
Einstein, Albert
Electronics Repair Technician
Encryption
End of the World, Predictions of
Endangered Species, Measuring
Escher, M. C.
Estimation
Euclid and his Contributions
Euler, Leonhard
Exponential Growth and Decay
F
Factorial
Factors
Fermat, Pierre de
Fermat's Last Theorem
Fibonacci, Leonardo Pisano
Field Properties
Financial Planner
Flight, Measurements of
Form and Value
Fractals
Fraction Operations
Fractions
Functions and Equations
G
Galileo Galilei
Games
Gaming
Gardner, Martin
Genome, Human
Geography
Geometry Software, Dynamic
Geometry, Spherical
Geometry, Tools of
Germain, Sophie
Global Positioning System
Golden Section
Grades, Highway
Graphs
Graphs and Effects of Parameter Changes
H
Heating and Air Conditioning
Hollerith, Herman
Hopper, Grace
Human Body
Human Genome Project
Hypatia
I
IMAX Technology
Induction
Inequalities
Infinity
Insurance agent
Integers
Interest
Interior Decorator
Internet
Internet Data, Reliability of
Inverses
K
Knuth, Donald
Kovalevsky, Sofya
L
Landscape Architect
Leonardo da Vinci
Light
Light Speed
Limit
Lines, Parallel and Perpendicular
Lines, Skew
Locus
Logarithms
Lotteries, State
Lovelace, Ada Byron
PHOTO AND ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
GLOSSARY
TOPIC OUTLINE
VOLUME TWO INDEX
VOLUME 3:
M
Mandelbrot, Benoit B.
Mapping, Mathematical
Maps and Mapmaking
Marketer
Mass Media, Mathematics and the
Mathematical Devices, Early
Mathematical Devices, Mechanical
Mathematics, Definition of
Mathematics, Impossible
Mathematics, New Trends in
Mathematics Teacher
Mathematics, Very Old
Matrices
Measurement, English System of
Measurement, Metric System of
Measurements, Irregular
Mile, Nautical and Statute
Millennium Bug
Minimum Surface Area
Mitchell, Maria
Möbius, August Ferdinand
Morgan, Julia
Mount Everest, Measurement of
Mount Rushmore, Measurement of
Music Recording Technician
N
Nature
Navigation
Negative Discoveries
Nets
Newton, Sir Isaac
Number Line
Number Sets
Number System, Real
Numbers: Abundant, Deficient, Perfect, and Amicable
Numbers and Writing
Numbers, Complex
Numbers, Forbidden and Superstitious
Numbers, Irrational
Numbers, Massive
Numbers, Rational
Numbers, Real
Numbers, Tyranny of
Numbers, Whole
Nutritionist
O
Ozone Hole
P
Pascal, Blaise
Patterns
Percent
Permutations and Combinations
Pharmacist
Photocopier
Photographer
Pi
Poles, Magnetic and Geographic
Polls and Polling
Polyhedrons
Population Mathematics
Population of Pets
Postulates, Theorems, and Proofs
Powers and Exponents
Predictions
Primes, Puzzles of
Probability and the Law of Large Numbers
Probability, Experimental
Probability, Theoretical
Problem Solving, Multiple Approaches to
Proof
Puzzles, Number
Pythagoras
Q
Quadratic Formula and Equations
Quilting
R
Radical Sign
Radio Disc Jockey
Randomness
Rate of Change, Instantaneous
Ratio, Rate, and Proportion
Restaurant Manager
Robinson, Julia Bowman
Roebling, Emily Warren
Roller Coaster Designer
Rounding
PHOTO AND ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
GLOSSARY
TOPIC OUTLINE
VOLUME THREE INDEX
VOLUME 4:
S
Scale Drawings and Models
Scientific Method, Measurements and the
Scientific Notation
Sequences and Series
Significant Figures or Digits
Slide Rule
Slope
Solar System Geometry, History of
Solar System Geometry, Modern
Understandings of
Solid Waste, Measuring
Somerville, Mary Fairfax
Sound
Space, Commercialization of
Space Exploration
Space, Growing Old in
Spaceflight, Mathematics of
Sports Data
Standardized Tests
Statistical Analysis
Step Functions
Stock Market
Stone Mason
Sun
Superconductivity
Surveyor
Symbols
Symmetry
T
Telescope
Television Ratings
Temperature, Measurement of
Tessellations
Tessellations, Making
Time, Measurement of
Topology
Toxic Chemicals, Measuring
Transformations
Triangles
Trigonometry
Turing, Alan
U
Undersea Exploration Universe, Geometry of
V
Variation, Direct and Inverse
Vectors Virtual Reality
Vision, Measurement of
Volume of Cone and Cylinder
W
Weather Forecasting Models
Weather, Measuring Violent
Web Designer
Z
Zero
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GLOSSARY
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CUMULATIVE INDEX
