History
of Math Links
General Sites
The most comprehensive History of Math site on the web, highly recommended. A nice website, with an excellent listing of printed sources. An excellent site, with in-depth discussion of many topics. Mesopotamian
Math
A nice
overview of Mesopotamian mathematics, starting
with the pre-historic.
The most
interesting Mesopotamian mathematical
tablet. See for yourself:
Plimpton
322
A
great collection of images of cuneiform
tablets. Click on the images and see if you
can read the numbers!
Egyptian Math A very
detailed discussion of Egyptian fractions,
including a calculator.
An argument
about how much we really know about ancient
Egyptian mathematics.
Some cool
animations of Egyptian Geometry.
Greek Math The complete
text of Euclid's Elements with commentary and
JAVA applets to explain the proofs. Highly
recommended.
One of the
most beautiful books ever published is Oliver
Byrne's 1847 edition of the Elements.
Instead of letters to denote geometric figures
(for instance, triangle ABC) the book
uses colors. This very rare book is available
online.
Images of some
classical Greek sources. Note that the
oldest date from only the 9th Century AD.
Hypatia, the
first female mathematician.
"Hypatia
and
Her
Mathematics" from the American
Mathematical Monthly on JSTOR.
The History of Astrology/Astronomy. Quipu, an Incan tally device using color-coded thred. |
|
| |