Critics Corner

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

Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World

Portraits of 92 living mathematicians, with autobiographical comments.

The Greate Invention of Algebra

Jacqueline Stedall has uncovered the numerous algebraic ideas of Thomas Harriot from the early 17th century and has organized them into a readable treatise.

Review of Eratosthenes' Geography

An English translation of Eratosthenes' Geography, which includes "On the Measurement of the Earth."

Joy of Pi Website

This website is connected to the book, The Joy of Pi. It has numerous interesting facts about pi, with links to additional sites.

A Concise History of Mathematics

The classic work by Dirk Struik is still worth reading, especially for its attention to the social context of the development of mathematical ideas.

Celebrating Women in Mathematics and Science

This unique and beautiful book features the biographies of twenty-two notable female mathematicians and scientists, showing how their determination, creativity, and intellectual passion helped them excel in their fields.

Amazing Traces of a Babylonian Origin in Greek Mathematics

Aspects of classical Greek mathematics are compared with areas of Babylonian mathematics.

Remarkable Mathematicians

A collection of biographies of sixty mathematicians from the eighteenth century to the twentieth.

Hands on History, A Resource for Teaching Math

A collection of articles dealing with mathematical models and objects and how they can be used in teaching.

Pascal's Arithmetical Triangle

A history of the development of Pascal's triangle in its various manifestations