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BIBLIOGRAPHY MATHEMATICS IN SCIENCE AND SOCIETYTHE MAKING OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Young, Thomas Campbell. Freeport, New York:Libraries Press, 1969. (Libraries Press, Freeport, NY)MATH IN SPORTS. Des Moines, Iowa: Central Iowa Low-Achiever Mathematics Project.(Central Iowa Low-Achievers Mathematics Project, Board of Education, Des Moines,IA 50310)paper;teacher's guide; b/wThis booklet is designed to take advantage of the naturalinterest students have in sports. Some mathematical topicscovered include computation with whole number, decimals, percents,scale drawings, area and perimeters, and finding averages."Mathematical Games: the arts as combinatoriallike Mozart with dice~" Gardner, Martin.(December, 1974), pp. 132-136.mathematics or how to composeSCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, Vol. 231The use of dice and cards for composing music is discussed alongwith many examples of composers (including Mozart) who used thismethod occasionally."Mathematical-musical relationships: a bibliography." O'Keefe, Vincent. THEMATHEMATICS TEACHER, Vol. 65 (April, 1972), pp. 315-324.This is an extensive 9-page bibliography of articles and booksrelating mathematics and music. Many, but not all, of the referencedworks require a good background in mathematics and music."Mathematicians and music." Archibald, R.C. AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL MONTHLY, Vol.31. (January, 1924), pp. 1-25.A discussion of musical achievements by mathematicians andsome history of scales are given here. Some of this articleis used as a source for the Brown reference listed below.MATHEMATICS ACompanySt., SanHUMAN ENDEAVOR. Jacobs,Publishers, 1970. (W.H.Francisco, CA 94104)529 pp; cloth; textbook; b/w; high reading levelHarold R. San Francisco: W.H.Freeman and Company Publishers,This liberal arts course is an excellent resource hook.Many of the ideas are suitable for or could be adapted formiddle school students.Freeman and660 MarketMATHEMATICS AND LIVING THINGS, Student Text and Teacher Commentary. School MathematicsStudy Group. Palo Alto: The Board of Trustees of the Leland StanfordJunior University, 1965. (Distributed by A.C. Vroman, Inc., 2085 E. FoothillBlvd. , Pasadena, CA 91109)221/170 pp; paper; textbook/teacher's guide; b/wIn this book junior high mathematics is approached throughexperiments with biology. Detailed lessons stressing datagathering, organization and analysis are given.447