Science Surfing Math

Math on Stamps

By Science News

Jeff Miller, a mathematics teacher in Florida, has assembled an amazing collection of images featuring mathematicians and mathematical ideas or events on postage stamps. Check out your favorites, from Niels Henrik Abel to Stanislaw Zaremba.

Go to: http://jeff560.tripod.com/.

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