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Critics Corner

Reviews of books, websites, poster sets, movies, and other resources for learning and teaching the history of mathematics.

Review of Elements of Mathematics: From Euclid to Gödel
Elements of Mathematics: From Euclid to Gödel, by John Stillwell. 440 pp.
Review of Mathematics in Ancient Egypt: A Contextual History
Mathematics in Ancient Egypt: A Contextual History, Annette Imhausen, 2016. 248 pp.
Review of Enlightening Symbols: A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers
Review of the book Enlightening Symbols: A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers, by Joseph Mazur
Review of Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World
Seventeenth century proponents of the elusive infinitesimal clashed with Clavius and the Catholic Church.
Review of Mathematical Expeditions: Exploring Word Problems across the Ages
A collection of problems that should be of interest to teachers at all levels. Frank Swetz shares this observation at the close of his book, Mathematical Expeditions: Exploring Word Problems across the Ages.
Review of A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts
Our reviewer finds this collection of translations of Babylonian mathematical tablets to be both fascinating and accessible.
Review of The Babylonian Theorem
The author constructs a possible mathematical path from the ancient Babylonians to Pythagoras, Euclid, and the ancient Greeks.
The Archimedes Website
This website devoted to miscellanea about Archimedes contains much interesting material about his life and times.
Thinking About Mathematics
An excellent book surveying the history of the philosophy of mathematics from the time of Plato to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Math through the Ages
Where does pi come from? Why should we be interested in negative numbers, or square roots of negative numbers? How did people ever figure out the quadratic formula? A truly wonderful reference for teachers at all levels.

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