Its goals are to "promote research into the history of mathematics and
its use at all levels of mathematics education." Links include Web
Resources on the History of Mathematics.
Founded in 1974, the society promotes research and teaching in the history
and philosophy of mathematics. -- home page has links
to many sites related to the history of mathematics.
From the Math Forum at Drexel University, the purpose of this site is to
present a small portion of the history of mathematics through an investigation
of some of the great problems that have inspired mathematicians throughout
the ages.
An excellent way to begin researching the history of math. Has lists of
resources, a clickable map of regional
mathematics, a chronology
of mathematicians, etc. Maintained by David Joyce of Clark University.
The "History Wing" of The Mathematical Museum, part of the Math-Net
Links to the Mathematical World, contains many links to sites on the history
of mathematics; e.g., a brief history of algebra and computing, the works
of Archimedes, the art of Renaissance science discussing the importance of
mathematics to art, etc.
A collection of links to resources on the history of mathematics, such
as the Vatican Exhibit materials on ancient mathematics; Fermat's last theorem;
a paper written by George Boole in 1848; etc. The annotations are excellent
summaries of what the sites contain.
From the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, this site has many links
suitable for high school or grade school students but there are some useful
links here.
Ivars Peterson's columns (2/96 to date) from MAA Online are made
available at these two sites. Many columns cover history of mathematics topics
and have web links to other resources.
This dictionary includes more than 25,000 notable men and women who have
shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary
can be searched by names, birth years, death years, positions held, professions,
literary and artistic works, miscellaneous achievements, and other keywords.
Very brief information is given on each person.
This on-going project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott
College in Atlanta has produced fully referenced biographical essays on more
than 125 women mathematicians. There are a few images and photographs. You
may search
the site or use the alphabetical
and chronological
lists.
The entire Encyclopaedia Britannica is available in fulltext. The
encyclopedia contains over 73,000 articles with accompanying images, multimedia
and Internet links.
This is an electronic reference work - the link may also be found in the
HSU Library Catalog if this link
doesn't work. According to the catalog, it "presents brief biographical
sketches which provide vital statistics as well as information on the importance
of the person listed."
The Galileo Project is a source of information on the life and work of
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Its aim is to provide hypertextual information
about Galileo and the science of his time to viewers of all ages and levels
of expertise.
A list of sites or sections of sites related to the life and work of individual
mathematicians. From David R. Wilkins of Trinity College in Dublin. His Biographies
of Mathematicians page links to sites that have biographies of "a
substantial number of mathematicians."
Accounts of the lives and works of mathematicians of the seventeenth and
first half of the eighteenth century, adapted from "A Short Account of the
History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th edition, 1908).
Has links to information on "women of computing - past and present", a
photo gallery of women and computers, etc. TAP was named after Ada
Lovelace. See the drawing of the first computer
bug! (Grace Murray Hopper originated this term when she found a real bug
in a computer.)
This page pays tribute to the history of calculators, including the abacus
and slide rule, and their creators. Even has a Java applet that stimulates
the 1885 Felt & Tarrant Comptometer adding machine.
A research center at the University of Minnesota dedicated to promoting
the study and preservation of the history of information processing. Includes
an oral history database.
An exhibition in the Department of Special Collections of Van Pelt Library,
University of Pennsylvania, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the
ENIAC computer. Portrays a history of the emergence of modern computing as
seen through the eyes of one of its two principal inventors, John W. Mauchly
(1907-1980), who worked at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University
of Pennsylvania, between 1941 and 1946.
Mathematical history of the early Hewlett Packard calculators (page is
not affiliated with the corporation). There are also sections on calculating
machines and slide rules -- very interesting site!
An eclectic colletion of web links to sources on the history of computing
as well as online exhibits, corporate histories, computer-related museums,
etc.
Special
Topics
Archimedes
Home Page(http://www.mcs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html)
Chris Rorres of the University of Pennsylvania maintains this web site
which is "a collection of Archimedean miscellanea under continual development."
You will find here, among other things, a brief history of extended precison
approximations of pi, including Archimedes' method for estimating pi, a page
full of "oh, wow!" formulas used to estimate pi over the centuries, and a
brief look at a modern algorithm used to compute pi . Also includes list of
references for further reading and a list of other pages devoted to pi on
the Web. By Neil Carothers, professor of mathematics at Bowling Green
State University.
These pages attempt to show the first uses of various words used in mathematics.
Research for these pages is ongoing, and the uses cited should not be assumed
to be the first uses that occurred unless it is stated that the term was introduced
or coined by the mathematician named.
From NOVA, the PBS series. For over 350 years, some of the greatest
minds of science struggled to prove what was known as Fermat's Last Theorem
-- the idea that a certain simple equation had no solutions. Site includes
an interview with Andrew Wiles (the man who spent seven years of his life
cracking the problem) and the story of Sophie Germain (an 18th century woman
mathematician who hid her identity in order to work on Fermat's Last Theorem).
Has links to information on "women of computing - past and present", a
photo gallery of women and computers, etc. TAP was named after Ada
Lovelace. See the drawing of the first computer
bug! (Grace Murray Hopper originated this term when she found a real bug
in a computer.)