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Critics Corner

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

The Saga of Mathematics
A brief history of mathematics aimed at college students with little technical knowledge of mathematics.
The Mathematician's Brain
A book delving into the working of the mathematical mind.
The Mathematical Century
The development of 30 important mathematics subjects during the twentieth century made understandable to undergraduate mathematics majors.
The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars
A detailed study of the cycles of the Mayan calendar, along with some other ancient calendars.
When Least is Best
A survey of techniques of minimizing and maximizing over the centuries.
Review of Routes of Learning: Highways, Pathways, and Byways in the History of Mathematics
In this collection of essays on modern trends and issues in the history of mathematics, consideration of mathematics history in the classroom is often more theoretical than practical.
The Joy of Pi
A highly recommended new book on the history and applications of pi.
History of Mathematics Archive
A wide-ranging website with links to many sources in the history of mathematics.
Project Mathematics
Videotape of aspects of the history of mathematics.
Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truths of Mathematics
This book explores the history of mathematics from the perspective of the creative tension between common sense and the "impossible" as the author follows the discovery or invention of new concepts that have marked mathematical progress.

 

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