A Brief History of Algebra and Computing «
http://vmoc.museophile.org/algebra/ | | By oxford professor , jonathan bowen. discusses origins in ancient greece , arabia and england , analytical machines , boolean algebra , and recent developments in the field. |
Ancient Geometry and Insights into Math History «
http://members.aol.com/bbyars1/contents.html | | Topics include background in babylonian , euclid , al'khwarizmi , pi , and trigonometry. also has recreations and java chat. |
Ancient Math Papers Restored «
http://plus.maths.org/issue14/news/papyri/ | | Thanks to new imaging technology , part of the remains of a private library , owned by roman statesman and julius caesar's father-in-law , may now be read. these papers were original discovered in 1752 in the town of herculaneum. |
Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics «
http://members.aol.com/jeff570/mathword.html | | Shows who coined a wide variety of commonly used terms. organized by first letter. |
Earliest Uses of Mathematical Symbols «
http://members.aol.com/jeff570/mathsym.html | | Discusses first known appearances of common expressions , such as operations , variables and trigonometric functions. |
Euclid and His Heritage «
http://www.claymath.org/euclid/ | | A conference on the occasion of the publication , for the first time , of a complete digital edition of the oldest surviving manuscript of euclid's elements. st. catherine's college , oxford , uk; 7--8 october 2005. |
Galois Translation Project (GTP) «
http://www.galois-group.net/gtp/ | | This site contains original correspondence , official documents and school reports of the mathematician evariste galois. this site provides a platform to translate these documents. |
Glimpses of History «
http://www.cf.ac.uk/maths/numbertheory/history.html | | A poetic rendition of the key events in the development of the field that have taken place over the years. |
Green Lion Press «
http://www.greenlion.com/ | | An independent book publisher specializing in source materials history of mathematics and history of science. includes list of publications available and contact information. |
Historia Matematica «
http://www.chasque.apc.org/jgc/history/MH6.htm | | A forum which provides a virtual environment for scholarly discussion of the history of mathematics , amongst professionals , and non-professionals with a serious interest in the field. a bilingual site (spanish and english). |
Historia Mathematica «
http://authors.elsevier.com/JournalDetail.html?PubID=622841 | | Elsevier journal about early mathematical discoveries. includes table of contents and abstracts. |
History and Overview «
http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.HO | | Front for the mathematics arxiv of eprints section ho: biographies , philosophy of mathematics , mathematics education , recreational mathematics , communication of mathematics. |
History of Mathematics - Facets of India «
http://www.geocities.com/dipalsarvesh/mathematics.html | | Includes history of algebra trigonometry , numerical mathematics , and geometry in this region. |
History of Mathematics in India «
http://members.tripod.com/~INDIA_RESOURCE/mathematics.htm | | Describes indian mathematicians such as aryabhatta - who modelled the solar system , bhaskar , varahamira , and others who made important contributions in the fields of trigonometry , algebra , and classical analysis. |
History of Mathematics. «
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/ | | Includes classic texts by hilbert and euclid (a java enhanced version of the elements) a chronology , and links. |
