[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - 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 registr Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/mysteryaleph.htm |
Elsevier journal about early mathematical discoveries. Includes table of contents and abstracts. Link: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622841/description |
Front for the Mathematics Arxiv of eprints section HO: biographies, philosophy of mathematics, mathematics education, recreational mathematics, communication of mathematics. Link: http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.HO |
Descriptions and links relating to various historical problems and topics in mathematics. Link: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/History.html |
Library of Congress. Includes articles and original document images of early Greek contributions to the field.  Link: http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/d-mathematics/Greek_math.html |
A poetic rendition of the key events in the development of the field that have taken place over the years. Link: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/maths/subsites/huxley/history.html |
Biographies of mathematicians Link: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk |
Discusses the technological, commercial and political reasons for the increase in mathematical development during this period. Link: http://www.boisestate.edu/courses/hy309/projects/math.html |
Discusses development of integral and derivative calculus from the 17th century. Features contributions by key western mathematicians. Includes examples of selected problems and how they were originally solved in earlier times. Also, covers the historic b Link: http://www.math.wpi.edu/IQP/BVCalcHist/calctoc.html |
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). Link: http://www.chasque.apc.org/jgc/history/MH6.htm |
