Nov. 30, 2009
| September 1Advising and registration dates | September 3Introduction to course | |
| September 8Historical background to ancient math and our sources: from the Classical to the Hellenistic world | September 10Introduction to Greek math: Euclid and deductive proof | |
| September 15The domain of Greek math: what did Archimedes study? | September 17Translating ancient Greek math: the language of diagrams | |
| September 22CLASS CANCELLED: Professor ill | September 24Introduction to the Archimedes Palimpsest (in-class video) | |
| September 29Interpreting the evidence: the transmission of ancient texts | October 1The social context of Hellenistic math: who did Archimedes write for? | Historical source assignment due Oct. 2 |
| October 6Introduction to Archimedes' mechanical inventions | October 8Approximation and the method of exhaustion: Archimedes' treatise On the Measurement of the Circle | |
| October 13Columbus Day break | October 15Archimedes' greatest accomplishment? The treatise on the Sphere and Cylinder | Columbus day break (Oct. 13) |
| October 20Archimedes astronomer | October 22Hour exam | Hour exam Oct. 22 |
| October 27The image of Archimedes: biography, history, traditions | October 29Sources and historical chronology | |
| November 3Geometry, diagrams and the math of non-geometric entities: Archimedes' treatise On Floating Bodies | November 5Archimedes and the defense of Syracuse | |
| November 10Discovery versus proof: Archimedes' treatise on the Method of Treating Mechanical Problems | November 12The Method of Archimedes : part 2 | |
| November 17Playful methods with serious intent? Combinatorics in the game of the Stomachion | November 19Numeric notation in the Sand Reckoner | |
| November 24Story Problems in ancient Greek math, and Archimedes' Cattle Problem | November 26Thanksgiving break | Thanksgiving break |
| December 1Archimedes in the Middle Ages | December 3Reports, 1: Measurement of Circle, Sphere and Cylinder, Floating Bodies | Oral reports: analysis of diagrams (Dec. 3, 8) |
| December 8Reports, 2: Stomachion and Method; and course review | December 10Study period | Study period (Dec. 10) |