Introductory Modern Algebra: A Historical Approach
This book is designed for prospective and practicing high school mathematics teachers, but it can serve as a text for standard abstract algebra courses as well. The presentation is organized historically: the Babylonians introduced Pythagorean triples to teach the Pythagorean theorem; these were classified by Diophantus, and eventually this led Fermat to conjecture his Last Theorem. The text shows how much of modern algebra arose in attempts to prove this; it also shows how other important themes in algebra arose from questions related to teaching. Indeed, modern algebra is a very useful tool for teachers, with deep connections to the actual content of high school mathematics, as well as to the mathematics teachers use in their profession that doesn't necessarily "end up on the blackboard."
Introductory Modern Algebra: A Historical Approach
Stahl's Introductory Modern Algebra, a historical approach is worth a look for the way it takes you very early on, after a minimum of pain, to a handwaving (but satisfying for me!) understanding of some of the classic results (quadrature of the circle, constructibility of regular polygons). He also covers an offbeat topic -- the cubic equation (i.e. the next thing after the quadratic equation) -- which is surprisingly interesting (even after you apply the formula, it can take some trickery to simplify your result). But I wouldn't embark on Stahl if I wanted to learn the standard results in the standard order; consider it supplementary reading.
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