- Ancient Geometry and Insights into the History of Mathematics
members.aol.com/bbyars1/contents.html
- Babylonian and Egyptian Mathematics
From MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Babylonian_and_Egyptian.htm...
- Brief History of Mechanical Calculators
Describe the most common non-electronic calculating devices within a historical context.
www.dotpoint.com/xnumber/mechanical1.htm
- British Society for the History of Mathematics
Promotes research into the history of mathematics and its use at all levels of education.
www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/bshm
- Famous Problems in the History of Mathematics
History of math presented through the great problems that inspired mathematicians from Zeno to Cantor.
mathforum.org/isaac/mathhist.html
- Historical Monographs Collection
Collection of scanned math monographs from Cornell University Library.
digital.library.cornell.edu/m/math
- History of Mathematics [clarku.edu]
aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/mathhist.html
- Institute for History and Foundations of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences - Utrecht University
Focuses on the history of the natural sciences in general, and offers specialized courses for specific fields, such as physics, chemistry, and biology.
www.phys.uu.nl/~wwwgrnsl
- MacTutor History of Mathematics
A collection of biographies of mathematicians, many of which are quite detailed. Also a series of documents on the development of various branches of mathematics.
www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history
- Mathematical Problems of David Hilbert, The
His influential address at the 1900 International Congress of Mathematicians outlined 23 research problems to be investigated in the coming century.
aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/hilbert
- Mathematics Genealogy Project
With the goal to list all individuals who have received a doctorate in mathematics.
hcoonce.math.mankato.msus.edu
- Mathematics: Ancient History and Its Modern Fates
Examines how the Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries began with the revival of several tremendously important and formidably difficult works of Greek science.
www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/d-mathematics/Mathematics.html
- Mayan Mathematical System
Describes how the Mayan mathematical system worked with pictures and examples.
www.cancunsteve.com/mayan.htm
- Measurers, The: a Flemish Image of Mathematics in the Sixteenth Century
Exhibition displayed at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, exploring the practical mathematics movement of Renaissance Europe.
www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/measurer/text/title.htm
- Slates, Slide Rules, and Software: Teaching Math in America
An exhibit of objects used by teachers and parents to help students master abstract mathematical concepts. From the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
americanhistory.si.edu/teachingmath
- Trinity College: History of Mathematics
Extensive list of biographical and related information.
www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath
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