Links to History of Mathematics on the Web

Classroom tools: 

• An Applet to show how Cavalieri's Principal can be used to find the volume of a sphere has been created by Walter Fendt in Germany. 

General information: 

• Math on the Web is an AMS page that has lots of useful links.
• A Bibliography of Collected Works and Correspondence of Mathematicians at Cornell.

Mathematics books available on the web:

• Oliver Byrne, The first six books of the elements of Euclid, in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners (1849). 
• Blaise Pascal,  Traite du triangle arithmetique (1654). The title page and and the triangle itself make splendid overheads. 
• The Online Newton Project intends to provide online access to all of the Newton manuscripts in the Babson Collection, and to the books of Newton published in his lifetime.

   

Journals available on the web: 

• Livres Nume/rise/s Mathe/matiques, LiNuM. This has a long list of mathematicians some of whose works are on the internet in full text versions.
• Jahrbuch Database, JFM: 
• DIgitised European PERiodicals, DIEPER. This contains CENTAURUS, International Magazine of the History of Science and Medicine, Volumes 1 (1950) - 24 (1980).
• Project Euclid at Cornell has several journals on line and free.

Societies:

• The Euler Society deals with all aspects of Euler's works. 
• History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, HPM.
• History of Science Society.  Includes a list of graduate schools in history of science (search the pages for mathematics). Members have access to a webliography of 237,000 entries.
• HOMSIGMAA, MAA Special Interest Group on the History of Mathematics.

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