Welcome to the home page of alfred wolf

I am a math instructor at Maui Community College who teaches Per-caclulus and Calculus courses. We use "Derive" and other Computer Programs as tools in the all my courses. In 1967 I graduated from the University of Colorado with my BA in Math and in 1970 I obtained my Master's in Math from the Univeristy of Washington in Seattle. I have taught Math at MCC since 1969.

My office is in Kupaa 211 Phone: 984-3228 email: awolf@hawaii.edu

Spring Semester 2003 Office hours:      MW after 12:45
                                                            TTH 10:30 - 11:20 and after 2 PM
                                                            FRI   By appointment

INFORMATION ON INTERNET INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSES using the internet

HOW TO ACCESS MY INTERNET COURSE MATERIALS

SOME INTERESTING AND FUN MATH BOOKS TO READ

"Proofs and Refutations" by Imre Lakatos ISBN 0 521 29038 4 Cambridge
University Press 1976.

"'Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman': Adventures of a Curious Character"
Ed. Edward Hutchings
ISBN: 0393316041
A Nobel-Prize Winning Physicists tells stories about his own life and
experiences. Both books are permeated by his inquisitive nature, and
ways of applying math and science to everyday life situations.

"'What Do You Care What Other People Think?' : Further Adventures of a
Curious Character"
by Ralph Leighton, Richard Phillips Feynman
ISBN: 0553347845
The second book details his involvement in the Space Shuttle Challenger
disaster. He is the one who figured out that it was an O-ring failure.

The MAA's list of "Popular and Expository" books at: http://www.maa.org/pubs/books/popexpo.html.
Another great source for math links is Math. Dept. Univ. of Hawaii

To find out more about a wolf go to Current Activities and Interests

Maui Community College, 310 Kaahumanu Avenue Kahului, Hawaii 96732
last updated January 2003