About the Authors

Paul Calter is Professor of Mathematics Emeritus at Vermont Technical College and Visiting Scholar at Dartmouth College. A graduate of the engineering school of The Cooper Union, New York, he received his M.S. in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and a M.F.A. in sculpture from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Professor Calter has taught Technical Mathematics for over 25 years. In 1987, he was the recipient of the Vermont State College Faculty Fellow Award.

He is member of the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, the Mathematical Association of America, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the College Art Association, and the Author's Guild.

Calter is involved in the Mathematics Across the Curriculum movement and has developed and taught a course called Geometry in Art and Architecture at Dartmouth College, under an NSF grant.

Professor Calter is the author of several other mathematics textbooks, among which are the Schaum's Outline of Technical Mathematics, Problem Solving with Computers, Practical Math Handbook for the Building Trades, Practical Math for Electricity and Electronics, Mathematics for Computer Technology, Introductory Algebra and Trigonometry, Technical Calculus, and Squaring the Circle: Geometry in Art and Architecture.

Michael Calter is an Associate Professor at Wesleyan University. He received his ...

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