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American Experience - A Brilliant Madness
The Story of Nobel Prize Winning Mathematician John Nash
Sections include: The Film & More ; Special Features ; Timeline ; Gallery ; People & Events ; Teacher's Guide ; Explanation [discussion of Game Theory] ; Interview with John Nash ; Forum.

Archimedes
Maintained by Chris Rorres

Babylonian and Egyptian Mathematics.
By John O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson

Bibliography on Mesopotamian Mathematics
By Eleanor Robson

British Society for the History of Mathematics

Cornell University Library - Historical Mathematics Monographs (etexts)
"...is a collection of selected monographs with expired copyrights chosen from the mathematics field. These were monographs that were brittle and decaying and in need of rescue."

Earliest Uses of Various Mathematical Symbols
Maintained by Jeff Miller

Euclid's Elements
"...to show how Java applets can be used to illustrate geometry. That also helps to bring the Elements alive."
D.E. Joyce, Clark University

MacTutor History of Mathematics
Sections includes: Biographies (over 1635) ; Time Lines ; Mathematicians of the Day ; Societies ; Famous Curves Index ; Birthplace Maps ; Chronology ; Mathematics in Various Cultures ; Mathematical Topics.
By John J O'Connor and Edmund F Robertson, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland

Mesopotamian Mathematics
By Duncan J. Melville

NOVA: The Proof
Andrew Wiles and Fermat's Last Theorem

History of Mathematics
Sections include Web Resources, Regional Mathematics, Subjects, Timelines, and much more.
Maintained by David E. Joyce, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Clark University

Slates, Slide Rules, and Software: Teaching Math in America
Sections include: The Early Republic ; The World Stage ; The Cold War ; The Information Age ; Resources.
- National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

The Zero in Four Dimensions: Cultural, Historical, Mathematical, and Psychological Perspectives
By Prof. Hossein Arsham, University of Baltimore

Go to Academic Info: Ancient Near Eastern History - Mathematics