MATH 381: Mathematics With a Historical Perspective: Web Resources
History of Mathematics
- History of Mathematics Archives
(The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - University of St. Andrews, Scotland) - Euclid's Elements
- History
of Mathematics
(The History of Mathematics - Clark University) - Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics
- The Platonic Solids
- A history of Zero
- The Pi Pages - The History of Pi
- Pi Land - Art, poetry, the Pi trivia game and more
Women in Mathematics
- Biographies
of Women in Mathematics
These pages are part of an on-going project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College, in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the numerous achievements of women in the field of mathematics.
African Mathematics
Islamic Mathematics
- Arabic Mathematics: forgotten brilliance
- Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi
- Medieval Islamic Mathematics - Bibliography
History of Gambling
- The Beginnings
of Probability - the Problem of Points
Archaeologists have found evidence of games of chance on prehistoric digs ....yet it wasn't until the 17th century that a rigorous mathematics of probability was developed by French mathematicians Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal. -
The Math and Science of Gambling
Links to sites about gambling, probability, casino games, roulette and more
History of Business Mathematics
- Business
- Mathematics and the Liberal Arts
This website cites journal articles on the history of subtopics: bookkeeping, taxes, insurance, banking, money - The History of Mathematics and Accounting
Last Updated: 01 November 2012
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