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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 Art of the Infinite
This book is a collection of mathematical ideas organized around the themes of infinity and the illumination of the nature of mathematical thought.
Mathematics: Powerful Patterns in Nature and Society
The work of ten scientists who thought deeply about patterns.
Geometry Civilized: History, Culture, & Technique
This a wonderfully written tour of aspects of classical geometry-- a must read for all geometry teachers.
Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry
This book describes some of the so-called temple geometry problems that Japanese mathematicians posed and solved beginning in the seventeenth century.
Companion Encyclopedia of History of Math Sciences
The paperback reprint of this large collection of articles by experts on all aspects of the history and philosophy of mathematics.
Discovering the Beauty of Science - The History of Mathematics Course
A math history class visits the 'Beautiful Science' exhibit at the Huntington Library in Southern California.
Complexities: Women in Mathematics
A collection of articles about historical and contemporary women in mathematics.
Review of The Lost Millennium: History's Timetables under Siege
Review of a book that suggests that the accepted historical chronology is fundamentally flawed.
The Honors Class
This work discusses the people who solved some of Hilbert's problems from 1900, as well as the mathematics involved in the solutions.
St Andrews History of Mathematics Archive
This website offers a collection of biographies of mathematicians and a variety of resources on the development of various branches of mathematics. It is an extremely rich and extensive site.

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