Teaching Mathematics Through Historically-Based Activities

Introduction.- Part I Numbers and Calculations: 1 A Journey in Mayan Numeration: Alice Morales and Jean-Baptiste Meilhan.- 2 From the Token Abacus to Written Calculation: Nathalie Daval and Dominique Tournès.- 3 The Mechanisation of Calculation: Frédérique Plantevin.- 4 Number Ratios: Another Approach to Fractions: Sylviane R. Schwer.- Part II Magnitudes and Measures: 5 Doubling the Square with Plato: Renaud Chorlay.- 6 1793, The Revolution of Time: Frédéric de Ligt.- 7 What if we Measured the Schoolyard? Surveying Experiences: Marc Troudet.- Part III Space and Geometry: 8 The Geometry of the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci: Marc Moyon.- 9 Protect Yourself With Mathematics: The Geometry of Fortifications: Frédéric Métin.