Bressoud, president-elect of the Mathematical Association of America, is an
international authority in the area of analytic number theory. 

He is the co-author of A Course in Computational Number Theory, which is an introduction
to number theory that uses the computer for motivation and explanation. He is also the
author of Proofs and Confirmations: The Story of the Alternating Sign Matrix Conjecture,
which combines his interests in combinatorics and the history of mathematics. Other books
include A Radical Approach to Real Analysis. 

He is widely recognized for his work in improving secondary and undergraduate mathematics
education. In fact, much of his work involves putting math into a historical context. He
is also interested in intellectual property rights and issues of science and religion. 

Bressoud is involved with Quantitative Methods for Public Policy or QM4PP, an
interdisciplinary program involving the sciences, social sciences and humanities. 

EDUCATION: B.A., Swarthmore College M.A., Ph.D., Temple University 

David Bressoud has been teaching at Macalester College since 1994.

Journal Articles

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Historical Reflections on Teaching the Fundamental Theorem of Integral Calculus, American Mathematical Monthly (2011)
 

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The Rocky Transition from High-School Calculus, Chronicle of Higher Education (2010)
 

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Establishing the Quantitative Thinking Program at Macalester, Numeracy: Advancing Education in Quantitative Literacy (2009)
 

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Is the Sky Still Falling?, Notices of the AMS (2009)
 

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MAA to Probe Calculus I, MAA Focus (2009)
 

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Books

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Radical Approach to Lebesgue's Theory of Integration (2008)
 

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Radical Approach to Real Analysis (2007)
 

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Undergraduate Programs and Courses in the Mathematical Sciences: CUPM Curriculum Guide 2004 (with W D. Barker, S Epp, S Ganter, W Haver, and H Pollatsek) (2004)
 

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Second Year Calculus: from Celestial Mechanics to Special Relativity (2001)
 

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Course in Computational Number Theory (with Stan Wagon) (2000)
 

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Contributions to Books

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The Art of Counting, Expeditions in Mathematics (2011)
 

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Combinatorial Analysis, NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions (2010)
 

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Exploiting Symmetries: Alternating Sign Matrices and he Weyl Character Formulas, Surveys in Number Theory (2008)
 

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Quantitative Methods for Public Policy, Current Practices in Quantitative Literacy (2006)
 

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Parallel Developments in Philosophy and Mathematics in India (with Joy Laine), UMAP/ILAP Modules 2003-2004: Tools for Teaching (2003)
 

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Book Reviews

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Review of "James Joseph Sylvester: Jewish Mathematician in a Victorian World" by Karen Hunger Parshall, MAA Online (2006)
 

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Review of "Mathematics and Social Utopias in France: Olinde Rodrigues and His Times" by Simon Altmann and Edouardo L. Ortiz, MAA Online (2006)
 

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Review of "Number Theory in the Spirit of Ramanujan" by Bruce C. Berndt, MAA Online (2006)
 

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Review of "The Reception of the Galilean Science of Motion in Seventeenth-Century Europe" by Carla Rita Palmerino and J.M.M.H. Thijssen, MAA Online (2006)
 

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Review of Ramanujan's Lost Notebook, Bulletin of the AMS (2006)
 

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"The Queen of the Sciences: A History of Mathematics" (DVD), The Teaching Company (2008)