Web Directory

» A Brief History of Computing
   A complete timeline by Oxford professor, Jonathan Bowen. Discusses origins in ancient Greece, Arabia and England, analytical machines, boolean algebra and recent developments in the field.
   http://trillian.randomstuff.org.uk/~stephen/history/

» Ancient Math Papers Restored
   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.
   http://plus.maths.org/issue14/news/papyri/

» Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics
   Shows who coined a wide variety of commonly used terms. Organized by first letter.
   http://jeff560.tripod.com/mathword.html

» Earliest Uses of Mathematical Symbols
   Discusses first known appearances of common expressions, such as operations, variables and trigonometric functions.
   http://jeff560.tripod.com/mathsym.html

» Euclid and His Heritage
   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.
   http://www.claymath.org/euclid/

» Galois Translation Project (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.
   http://www.galois-group.net/gtp/

» Glimpses of History
   A poetic rendition of the key events in the development of the field that have taken place over the years.
   http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/maths/subsites/huxley/history.html

» Green Lion Press
   An independent book publisher specializing in source materials history of mathematics and history of science. Includes list of publications available and contact information.
   http://www.greenlion.com/

» Historia Mathematica
   Elsevier journal about early mathematical discoveries. Includes table of contents and abstracts.
   http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622841/description

» History Topics: Index of Ancient Indian Mathematics
   Includes an overview and history of Indian numerals, the Indian Sulbasutras, Jaina mathematics, the Bakhshali manuscript, pi and zero, along with biographical details of ancient Indian mathematicians.
   http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/Indians.html

» History and Overview
   Front for the Mathematics Arxiv of eprints section HO: biographies, philosophy of mathematics, mathematics education, recreational mathematics, communication of mathematics.
   http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.HO

» History of Mathematics in India
   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.
   http://members.tripod.com/~INDIA_RESOURCE/mathematics.htm

» History of Mathematics.
   Includes classic texts by Hilbert and Euclid (a Java enhanced version of the Elements) a chronology, and links.
   http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/

» History of Mathematics: China
   An overview. Includes a chronology of mathematicians and mathematical works, online references and a bibliography
   http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/china.html

» India's Contribution to Ancient Mathematics
   Discusses the nation's early development of geometric concepts, algorithms, algebraic ideas and the idea of zero. Also, explains how these ideas may have traveled westward after some invasions from Arabic countries in the 13th century.
   http://mathemajik.tripod.com/article/mathematics.html

» Loci: Convergence
   The Mathematics Association of America's online magazine on the history of mathematics and its use in mathematics education.
   http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/46/

» MathWorld: History
   Descriptions and links relating to various historical problems and topics in mathematics.
   http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/History.html

» Mathematics in Latvia throughout the Centuries
   Covers the early mathematical development in the country, such as the use of geometrical symbols. Includes discussion of influential works of local mathematicians.
   http://www.math.cornell.edu/~dtaimina/mathinLV/mathinlv.html

» Mechanical Aids to Computation and the Development of Algorithms
   Notes to Dr. Paul E. Dunne's math history lecture, with images.
   http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~ped/teachadmin/histsci/htmlform/slides.html

» Mechanical Calculators Prior to the 19th Century
   Explains the development and motivation for creating calculating machines and algorithms.
   http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~ped/teachadmin/histsci/htmlform/lect3.html

» Mesopotamian Mathematics - 8000 B.C. to 364 A.D.
   Discusses the development of numbers, addition tables, exercise problems and solutions for quadratic equations in one of oldest known civilizations.
   http://it.stlawu.edu/~dmelvill/mesomath/index.html

» Renaissance Mathematics
   Discusses the technological, commercial and political reasons for the increase in mathematical development during this period.
   http://www.boisestate.edu/courses/hy309/projects/math.html

» Roman Numerals and Roman Dates
   Includes conversion tables, historical background and a Roman numerals test.
   http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/roman.html

» Sangaku
   Japanese votive tablets featuring mathematical problems. Examples with pictures and further resources.
   http://www.sangaku.info/

» Sketches of a History of Hypercomplex Numbers
   Detailed timeline of the development of hypercomplex numbers, from early discoveries of complex numbers to modern developments. Includes links to biographies and complete bibliography.
   http://history.hyperjeff.net/hypercomplex

» Symbol, Form and Number in Ancient Egypt
   Includes math examples from the Rhind papyrus and Babylonian tablets. Also, discusses early Egyptian mythology.
   http://www.seshat.ch/

» The Art of Renaissance Science
   Discusses how art and architecture were influenced by mathematical concepts, such as perspective. Includes photo examples.
   http://www.mcm.edu/academic/galileo/ars/arshtml/arstoc.html

» The Euler 2004 Conference
   Portsmouth, RI, USA; 8--11 August 2004.
   http://home.adelphi.edu/~bradley/EulerSociety/home.html

» The History of the Calculus and the Development of Computer Algebra Systems
   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
   http://www.math.wpi.edu/IQP/BVCalcHist/calctoc.html

» Twenty-Five Years with Nicolas Bourbaki
   Article by Armand Borel from a lecture at Bochum in September 1996 in honour of R.Remmert.
   http://www.ega-math.narod.ru/Bbaki/Bourb3.htm

» Vatican Exhibit: Ancient Mathematics
   Library of Congress. Includes articles and original document images of early Greek contributions to the field.
   http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/d-mathematics/Greek_math.html

» Vedic Mathematics- Ancient Indian Mathematics
   The site gives an idea about what is Vedic Mathematicsa - a long forgotten technique for mathematical calculations! The basic roots of Vedic mathematics lie in Vedas (written around 1500-900 BCE) which are a treasure house of knowledge and human experienc
   http://www.sanalnair.org/articles/index-ved.htm

» Washington Post: The Search for Infinity
   Discusses the development of the concept of infinity from the early Greeks of the fifth to the second century B.C. Covers the important findings of Zenos, the Pythagorean school, Eudoxus and Archimedes.
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/mysteryaleph.htm

» Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
   A concise and appealing look at the strangest number in the universe. By Charles Seife.
   http://www.users.cloud9.net/~cgseife/zero.html