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How Mathematics Happened: The First 50,000 Years

A popular history of ancient mathematics, dealing with the mathematics of ancient Egypt and Babylonia.

Statisticians of the Centuries

Thumbnail sketches of statisticians throughout history.

MAA PREP Workshops

Two MAA PREP Workshops in the History of Mathematics will be offered in June at the MAA Headquarters in Washington, DC.

The Rule of False Position and Geometric Problems

This article contains examples of the use of the rule of false position in the solution of geometric problems as found in the work of Simon Stevin. We discuss the benefits for future teachers and their students.

Servois' 1813 Perpetual Calendar, with an English Translation

An image of the calendar, together with instructions for its use

David Joyce's Website
This website contains a complete version of Euclid's Elements, with all the proofs.
Isaac Barrow's edition of Archimede's Apollonius, & Theodosius
This is the title page of Isaac Barrow's Latin edition of the works of Archimedes, the first four books of Apollonius's Conics, and Theodosius's Spherica. It was published in 1675.
Leibniz - Bernoulli correspondence
This is from a letter of June, 1695 in which Leibniz is discussing differentiation with Johann Bernoulli. The work in which these letters appear is the Virorum Celeberr. Got. Gul. Leibnitii et Johann Bernoulli Commercium Philosophicum et Mathematica, originally published in 1740.
The Right and Lawful Rood

The "rood", a linear measure dating from many centuries ago, is calculated anew in today's classrooms.

The Cog-Wheel Revolution

Two cog-wheels, one having 26 cogs, and the other 20 cogs, run together. In how many revolutions of the larger wheel will the smaller gain in 12 revolutions?

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