Founded by the late Professor Udita Narayana Singh The ISHM aims to promote study, teaching and education in history of mathematics. It provides a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences regarding various aspects of history of mathematics. In addition to the annual conferences, ISHM aims at organising seminars/symposia on the works of ancient, medieval and modern mathematicians and has been regularly bringing out its bulletin Ganita Bharati. Scholars, teachers, students and all lovers of mathematical sciences are welcome to join the Society. The membership dues payable, on the 1st of January every year, with effect from 2000 are:
All members of ISHM are entitled to receive a free copy of the periodicals published by the Society. All cheques, drafts etc. are to be drawn in favour of "Indian Society for History of Mathematics" payable at Delhi and must be sent to the Treasurer (Dr. Man Mohan, Dept. of Mathematics, Ramjas College, Delhi-110007, India). *
Ganita Bharati, the Bulletin of the Indian Society for History of Mathematics, is published quarterly every year. It publishes significant original research papers, articles, review articles, book reviews, news items, reports and dissertation abstracts etc., within the ambit of ‘history of mathematics’. The principal languages of publication are English, German, French, Sanskrit and Hindi.
Manuscripts, books for review and dissertation abstracts for publication in Ganita Bharati must be submitted in duplicate to the Editor (Dr. R. C. Gupta, R-20, Ras Bahar Colony, P.O. Lahar Gird, Jhansi-284003, India). Papers and articles intended for publication must comprise sufficiently novel and previously unpublished material. These must be prepared conforming to accepted international standards and the first page should contain (i) the title, (ii) author's name and affiliation, and (iii) abstract of the paper. There are no page-charges. Author(s) will get 20 offprints free. More offprints may be ordered in lots of 50. Each lot will cost Rs. 30.00 (US$ 15.00 outside India) per printed page.
Libraries, institutions and other establishments can subscribe to Ganita Bharati directly. Subscriptions can be ordered through agents also, but no agent shall be supplied more than one copy at the Indian rates. The present subscription rates (annual) are: Rs. 400.00 per volume in India; US$ 60.00 (or equivalent) per volume outside India.
Back volumes are also available at double the current rates. All cheques/drafts etc. are to be drawn in favour of "Indian Society for History of Mathematics" payable at Delhi and must be sent to the Managing Editor (Dr. Man Mohan, Dept. of Mathematics, Ramjas College, Delhi-110007, India). *
*Money Orders are not acceptable. For outstation cheques Rs. 25.00 (US$
5.00) must be added as bank collection charges.
Historical Modules Pproject
The Historical Modules project, a project funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and administered by the Mathematical Association of America, will be having its final summer session in June. The project has produced twelve self-contained modules using the history of mathematics to teach various subjects in the secondary mathematics curriculum. Six of the modules were field-tested in AY 1999-2000 and are currently being edited for publication. (These are on Linear Equations, Negative Numbers, Proof in Geometry, Combinatorics, Exponentials and Logarithms, and Trigonometry.) The remaining six are being field tested during the current academic year. (The subjects are Polynomials, Areas and Volumes, Statistics, Functions, Trigonometry II, and a special module on the work of Archimedes.) The writing team members and some of the field testers will return to Washington in late June to revise these modules in accordance with the suggestions of the field testers. They will then be edited for publication. Although only past participants will be returning to Washington in June, inquiries are welcome regarding the modules themselves.
Contact Victor Katz or Karen Michalowicz, the co-directors of the project. Their email addresses
are vkatz@udc.edu and KarenDM@aol.com
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