Claremont Center for the Mathematical Sciences

This is going to be the main page for the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, an online-only, open-access, peer-reviewed journal. Our first issue will be out in 2011, and we intend to update this page very soon.

For the time being please feel free to look through the archives of our precursor, The Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal, included below.

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics will be building on the tradition of HMNJ; however as one might expect, there will be many major and minor differences between the two. In particular, for our purposes humanistic mathematics is a coin phrase for “the human face of mathematics”. Thus our emphasis and focus will be on the aesthetic, historical, literary, pedagogical, philosophical, psychological, and sociological aspects as we look at mathematics as a human endeavor. More broadly, we aim to provide a platform for both academic and informal discussions about matters mathematical. We will publish articles that focus mainly on the doing of mathematics, the teaching of mathematics, and the living of mathematics. However we will also welcome contributions about the state of the mathematical profession (both in research and in education), underrepresentation issues within the world of mathematics, mathematics across national and cultural boundaries, mathematical fiction and poetry, personal reflections that provide insight to the inner workings of the mathematical mind, and other types of writing which may stimulate discussion among our readers. Overall we are aiming for a journal where many different kinds of conversations about mathematics are welcome.

More specifically we seek three types of contributions at this time:

• peer reviewed articles presenting research in education, philosophy, sociology, or history of mathematics, with the intent to reach a broader audience than that of a typical disciplinary journal.
• reflective essays, opinion pieces, and more informal works, with the intent of sparking discussion about mathematics. These could overlap with the disciplines above, or focus on more contemporary issues facing the profession.
• explorations of the interface between mathematics and the wider humanities. Poems, short stories, or other expressive outlets, along with works about the relationship between mathematics and the arts will fall in this category.

For more information or to discuss possible submissions, please contact one of the three editors.

Mark Huber (Claremont McKenna College)
Gizem Karaali (Pomona College)
Dagan Karp (Harvey Mudd College)

The Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal Archives:

Issue #17 May 1998 ISSN 1065-82 48 Pages Table of Contents Inside the Front Cover Inside the Back Cover From the Editor AM 98 The Articles	Issue #18 November 1998 ISSN 1065-82 48* Pages Table of Contents Inside the Front Cover Inside the Back Cover From the Editor ISAMA 99 The Articles	Issue #19 March 1999 ISSN 1065-82 52 Pages Table of Contents Inside the Front Cover Inside the Back Cover From the Editor The Articles	Issue #20 July 1999 ISSN 1065-82 52 Pages Table of Contents Inside the Front Cover Inside the Back Cover From the Editor The Articles	Issue #21 December 1999 ISSN 1065-82 52 Pages Table of Contents Inside the Front Cover Inside the Back Cover From the Editor From Newsletter #1 The Articles
Issue #22 April 2000 ISSN 1065-82 48 Pages Table of Contents Inside the Front Cover Inside the Back Cover From the Editor The Articles	Issue #23 September 2000 ISSN 1065-82 66 Pages Table of Contents Inside the Front Cover Inside the Back Cover From the Editor The Articles	Issue #24 May 2001 ISSN 1065-82 60 Pages Table of Contents Inside the Front Cover Inside the Back Cover From the Editor From Newsletter #1 The Articles	Issue #25 Date: ? ISSN 48 Pages Table of Contents Inside the Front Cover Inside the Back Cover From the Editor Special Section The Articles	Issue #26 June 2002 ISSN 1065-82 71 Pages Table of Contents Inside the Front Cover Inside the Back Cover From the Editor Special Section The Articles

Issue #27 submitted spring-winter 2004 The editor, Alvin White, discusses Teaching and Learning Mathematics  (pdf format). Frances Kuwahara (Lang) Chinn, of California State University (Charter School of Education) asks, Is Mathematics Education Taking a Step Backwards? The paper considers the recent history of mathematics teaching. For MS Word doc, here.  Pdf file,here. Contact fkuwaha@calstatela.edu. Roger Haglund, Concordia College (MN) discusses how Humanistic Mathematics Teaching Can Make a Difference.  Assessment measures for a humanistically taught course are provided.  For MS word doc, click here. Contact haglund@cord.edu.  Neil Greenspan, Case Western Reserve University (Biomedical Research).  In Taxicab Geometry as a Vehicle for the Journey Toward Enlightenment, the author uses a mathematical model (taxicab geometry) to demonstrate  the need for careful, explicit definitions in other fields ("closeness", "distance").  For MS Word doc, please click here.   Pdf file,here.  Contact nsg@po.cwru.edu.  Martin Glover, Milligan College, tells an illustrated  story in Tesselland. In the author's words,  this is a "Sci-Fi short story retelling of a vision about an ecentric old professor's quest to produce life and how a few of his bright students are drawn into his pursuit-turned-dilemma. "  For MS word doc, click here. Email MGLOVER@Milligan.edu. How are mathematicians perceived? Carmen Latterell and Janelle Wilson  (left and right) of the University of Minnesota, Duluth offer a combined mathematics-sociology perspective on Popular Cultural Portrayals of Those who Do Mathematics . For MS word doc, click here: For Pdf file, here.  Email  clattere@d.umn.edu. Mike Pinter, Belmont University,  reminisces  on how Calculus changed his life by allowing him ways of thinking about the infinite in Bridging to Infinity.  For MS word doc, click here. For Pdf file, here. Email pinterm@mail.belmont.edu. Elie Feder of Kingsborough Community College uses a student's question to probe the meaning of probability in  (MS word doc):  Man’s Cards and God’s Dice. For MS word doc, click here. Pdf file, click here.  Contact efeder@kbcc.cuny.edu. Sarah Littler discussesA Linear Perspective in Art. Pdf file, click here. Sarah wrote this as a distinction honor paper at Point Loma Nazarene University. Contactlittler@precor.com. submitted spring-winter 2003  J.D. Phillips , Wabash College, Indiana, from (pdf file)  a talk given at the Second International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics, Chersoniso, Crete, July, 2002. For details, email phillipj@wabash.edu For MS Word document, please click here.  Emam Hoosain : (pdf file)  What are Mathematical Problems?   This article diagnoses the understanding of teachers and students regarding problems and problem-solving.  For more details, email ehoosain@aug.edu. He maintains a web page on Middle Grade Mathematics ; click here. For MS Word document, please click here.  Stephen Brown: (pdf file)Humanistic Mathematics: Personal Evolution and Excavations.  One of the original guiding forces of the HMN and HMNJ, Stephen Brown reconsiders humanistic mathematics now and as it influenced him.  For an interesting web site and more Stephen Brown readings, check here.  For MS Word document, please click here. Philip Davis:  Mathematician/author Davis, from Brown University, takes (pdf file) A Brief Look at Mathematics and Theology  , offering historical attitudes and some 20th century opinions.  For Philip Davis' web page, please click here.  For  MS Word document, please click here.  Michael Fried: (pdf file)Humanistic Mathematics as Mathematics for All. Michael Fried, of Ben Gurion University, considers what is meant by Mathematics-for-All--as subject matter and as a concern. This article probes issues with  historical focus.  Contact mfried@bgumail.bgu.ac.il For MS Word document, please click here. Ramakrishnan Menon: (pdf file)  Innumeracy and its Perils, Numeracy and its Promises.  Ramakrishnan Menon, of California State University at Los Angeles, discusses some applied practical examples and demonstrates the advantages of numeracy. Contact   rmenon@calstatela.edu.  For MS Word document, please click here.  Matt Becker, St. Cloud State University student, reviews (pdf file)  Fermat'sEnigma, by Simon Singh, with observations about the world in which mathematicians produce. Contact mattdave5710@mac.com. Walter Sizer (with friend) of Minnesota State University at Moorhead discusses (pdf file) Base and Subbase in a Number System. Please email sizer@mnstate.edu. For MS Word document, please click here. John Pottage, professor emeritus from University of Melbourne: (pdf file) From Art and Architecture to Mathematics/  From Intuition to Insight/From Decoration to Demonstration. For MS word document, please click here. Shelly Keats Harkness, in Mathematics Education at Miami University, Ohio, discusses the quantitative and qualitative pleasures of running : (pdf file) Are You a Quantitative or Qualitative Runner? 5.13 Miles and Rosemary-Lilac Shampoo. Please emailharkneml@muohio.edu. For MS Word document, please click here.