History of Mathematics

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Meta Index INDEX: History of Mathematics, by David E. Joyce (Clark U) INDEX: History of Mathematics (TC Dublin) D. R. Wilkins, School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin, IE. INDEX: W3 Virtual Library - Mathematics (ANU)
Algebra and Computing, A Brief History; by J.P. Bowen: The online article "A Brief History of Algebra and Computing: An Eclectic Oxonian View" by Jonathan P. Bowen, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK.
Archimedes, Works (LOC, mirror at SunSITE): The pages displayed here show the beginning of Archimedes' "On Conoids and Spheroids" with highly ornate, and rather curious,illumination.

Example:In Latin, Translated by Jacobus Cremonensis, ca. 1458
This is a scanned facsimile from the exhibition "Rome Reborn" of the Vatican Museum at the Library of Congress, USA.

The text and images in the Online Exhibit "Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture" are for the personal use of students, scholars, and the public. Any commercial use or publication of them is strictly prohibited.
The Art of Renaissance Science; by J.W. Dauben (LANL): A hyperbook by Joseph W. Dauben on Galileo and the development of perspective in the renaissance art, discussing the importance of mathematics to art by a number of beautiful examples.

Example: from the works of Leonardo da Vinci, from Part IV of the hyperbook
Birthplaces of Mathematicians in Europe (St. Andrews U): Follow the link given above and you will get a sensitivity map of Europe, and other countries, offered by the Mac Tutor History of Mathematics project at St. Andrews University, UK (see there).
Chronology of Mathematicians (Clark U): This is an extensive Liste of Mathematicians starting in 1700 B.C.E. There are also a chronological lists of mathematical works and mathematics for China, and chronological lists of mathematicians for the Arabic sphere, Europe, Greece, India, and Japan.
History of Mathematics at TU Muenchen (in German): These pages include e.g. biographies of Felix Klein, Walter von Dyck, Sebastian Finsterwalder, Wilhelm Martin Kutta, Josef Lense, Robert Sauer, Georg Aumann and some other interesting items.
History of Mathematics at U Wuerzburg (in German): Diese Seiten beschreiben - ausführlich belegt mit historischen Dokumenten und Fotographien - die Geschichte der Mathematik in Würzburg seit der Gründung der Universität im Jahre 1582. Sie enthalten kurzgefaßte Biographien der bedeutendsten Würzburger Mathematiker, beginnen bei Adrianus Romanus, der im Jahre 1593 berufen wurde. Besondere Berücksichtigung finden - mit ausführlichen Lebensbildern - Emil Hilb und Friedrich Prym.
HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS -- Mailing Lists: The purpose of this list is to provide a virtual forum for scholarly discussion of the HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS (in a broad sense), amongst professionals and non-professionals with a serious interest in the field.
Leibniz (Turin U) - Gopher: The Leibniz Gopher / Citellus Leibnitianus is an Information System for the use of researchers in the field of Leibnitian studies. It is maintained by Enrico Pasini in collaboration with Silvia Roero at the University of Turin, Italy.
The Life and Times of Emmy Noether; N. Byers (LANL): An article available in TeX from the LAN-HEP Archive.
MacTutor History of Mathematics (St.Andrews U): A famous collection of over 1000 biographies of mathematicians, and other various documents on the development of mathematics, presented by St. Andrews University, UK.

Example: Tablet from the Babylonian and Egyptian mathematics. See the History Topic Index (fist item) for further information.

Contact John O'Connor and Edmund F Robertson from the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences University of St Andrews for further information.
E-mail: e-mail joc@st-andrews.ac.uk, efr@st-andrews.ac.uk
Mathematical Constants, Steven Finch (MathSoft): This large collection of essays on famous and not-so-famous constants in mathematics has been set up by Steven Finch, sfinch@mathsoft.com
Mathematicians of the 17th and 18th Centuries (TC Dublin): Biographies based on material from "A short account of the history of mathematics" (4th edition, 1908) by W. W. Rouse Ball. They constitute part of the collection of online material relating to the history of mathematics at the School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin.

Contact D.R. Wilkins, School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin
E-mail: dwilkins@maths.tcd.ie
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora: These web pages have been created to exhibit accomplishments of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora within the Mathematical Sciences.
Mathematicians (ANU, Coombsweb) - Irena search: Results of searching on the word 'Mathmatician' in the Coombsweb information system of the Australian National University (Subsection: ASAP/BrightSparcs).
Musée des arts et métiers - Mathematics Collections & Catalogue: This is an extensive catalog of the mathematics collections of the museum which can be found in the 'La Documentation' pages.
Teaching with Original Historical Sources in Mathematics: Experiences and materials from using original historical sources in teaching mathematics.
Vatican Exhibit Main Hall (LOC): A Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit via a guided tour from EXPO, the WWW exhibiton organization.

This is a first overview of the illuminated pictures in the mathematics part of the exhibition. Don't miss to visit this exhibion.

The text and images in the Online Exhibit "Rome Reborn The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture" are for the personal use of students, scholars, and the public. Any commercial use or publication of them is strictly prohibited.
Women Mathematicians - Biographies (Agnes Scott College): These pages are part of an on-going project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College to illustrate the numerous contributions by women to the field of mathematics.

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