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MacTutor History of Mathematics - http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
An extensive and searchable archive covering famous people and concepts, as well as describing the development of mathematics in various cultures. |
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History of Mathematics - http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/
An overview of the subject and a famous 1900 speech describing the main mathematical problems. Includes a chronological list of mathematicians and their work. |
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Mathographies - http://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/MathFolks.html
Some biographical sketches of mathematicians, ancient and modern. |
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Famous Problems in the History of Mathematics - http://mathforum.org/isaac/mathhist.html
Describes what mathematicians have worked on, from ancient times to the present. Includes problems suitable for middle school and high school math students, with links to solutions. |
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Earliest Uses of Mathematical Symbols - http://jeff560.tripod.com/mathsym.html
Discusses first known appearances of common expressions, such as operations, variables and trigonometric functions. |
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Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics - http://jeff560.tripod.com/mathword.html
Shows who coined a wide variety of commonly used terms. Organized by first letter. |
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Maths is Good for You - http://www.mathsisgoodforyou.com/
Contains information on famous mathematicians, theorems, and topics. |
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Counting to Infinity - http://www.scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/infinity.html
Introduction to infinity including the origins of the sign for infinity and pictures. |
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Egyptian Mathematical Papyri - http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/Ancient-Africa/mad_ancient_egyptpapyrus.html
Includes a description of each written document, as well as some sample problems from the Rhind, Moscow and other papyri. These ancient written works were created between 1900 and 1800 BC. |
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Pre-Computer History of Pi - http://personal.bgsu.edu/~carother/pi/Pi2.html
Explains the early methods of approximating this famous constant, which is used in measuring the area of a circle. Page includes the dates and names of people who were influential in improving these calculations. |
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Mesopotamian Mathematics - http://it.stlawu.edu/~dmelvill/mesomath/
Discusses the development of numbers, addition tables, exercise problems and solutions for quadratic equations in one of the oldest known civilizations. Covers the period from 8000 B.C. to 364 A.D. |
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Arabic Mathematics: Forgotten Brilliance? - http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/HistTopics/Arabic_mathematics.html
Explains contributions of Arabian mathematicians by translating early Greek texts, developing early algebraic ideas, number theory and astronomical calculations. Includes information about key people during this time period. |
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Why Do We Study Calculus? - http://math.vanderbilt.edu/~schectex/courses/whystudy.html
Explains, in everyday language, the developments in astronomy, math, and physics that contributed to the discovery of differential calculus and its relationship to area formulas. |
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The Mystery Of The Aleph - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/mysteryaleph.htm
This article from the "Washington Post" covers the development of the concept of infinity, from the fifth to the second century B.C., and includes the main findings of Archimedes and the Pythagorean school. [Requires free registration.] |
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The History of Mathematicians and Physicists - http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/math/mathpyswq.htm
Outlines a Webquest for studying the history of contributions to both these fields, and includes resources for solving the task. |