What We Are Reading Today: Calculus Reordered by David Bressoud

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Updated 16 January 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: Calculus Reordered by David Bressoud

“Calculus Reordered” tells the remarkable story of how calculus grew over centuries into the subject we know today. David Bressoud explains why calculus is credited to 17-century figures Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz, how it was shaped by Italian philosophers such as Galileo Galilei, and how its current structure sprang from developments in the 19th century. Bressoud reveals problems with the standard ordering of its curriculum—limits, differentiation, integration, and series—and he argues that a pedagogy informed by the historical evolution of calculus represents a sounder way for students to learn this fascinating area of mathematics.


What We Are Reading Today: We the Women by Norah O’Donnell

Updated 08 March 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: We the Women by Norah O’Donnell

Norah O’Donnell’s “We the Women” is vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union.

Through extensive research and interviews, as well as historical documents and old photos, O’Donnell curates a compelling portrait of these fierce fighters for freedom, and in doing so writes the American story anew.