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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 Pioneers of Calculus
A collection of sixteen posters of contributors to calculus, with brief biographical sketches.
The World of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Mathematician of God
A biography stressing Agnesi's deep commitment to help those in need.
Fibonacci's Liber Abaci
A translation of one of the earliest European mathematical texts to use the Hindu-Arabic number system.
Discovering the Beauty of Science
A math history class visits the 'Beautiful Science' exhibit at the Huntington Library in Southern California.
Kepler's Conjecture
A survey of the attempts to prove Kepler's conjecture over the past 400 years.
Review of L'algebre au temps de Babylone: Quand les mathematiques s'ecrivaient sur de l'argile
[Translation of title: Algebra in the Time of Babylon. When Mathematics Were Written on Clay.] A thorough review of Jens Hoyrup's revision, expansion, and French translation of his own 1998 book for Danish high-school students.
The Prince of Mathematics: Carl Friedrich Gauss
A biography of Gauss designed for high school students.
Arthur Cayley: Mathematician Laureate of the Victorian Age
A biography of Arthur Cayley, the outstanding mathematician of Victorian Britain.
The Ambitious Horse
Problems taken from Chinese sources

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