Links to external pages

History of Mathematics maintained by David E. Joyce (Clark University, USA)

Including a comprehensive chronology of mathematicians

History of Mathematics Web Resources maintained by David E. Joyce (Clark University, USA)

A good place to find more general information

Brighst SPARCS database of scientists (ANU, Canberra, Australia)

With a list of mathematicians

WWW Virtual Library, History of Science Technology and Medicine maintained by Tim Sherratt (ASAP, Australia)

A more general history of science

The History of Mathematics maintained by D. R. Wilkins (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland)

Including excerpts from W. W. Rouse Ball's A short account of the history of mathematics

Biographies of Women Mathematicians maintained by Larry Riddle (USA)

Contains some detailed biographies and images of women mathematicians

Ancient Mathematics at the Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit

some interesting articles mainly about Greek Mathematics

Archimedes maintained by Chris Rorres (USA)

A lot of nicely presented information about Archimedes

Catalog of the Scientific Community: 16th and 17th Centuries at the Galileo Project

a searchable database of scientists including information on over 160 mathematicians.

A History of Mathematics maintained by Len Berggren (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada)

articles by students at Simon Fraser University

A History of Sciences related to Astronomy maintained by Wolfgang R. Dick (IFAG, Potsdam, Germany)

including references to astronomers

The sci.math FAQ maintained by Alex Lopez-Ortiz (Canada)

Frequently Asked Questions addressed by the USENET group sci.math

A Brief History of Algebra and Computing: An Eclectic Oxonian View by Jonathan Bowen (Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK)

A hypertext article with hyperlinks to the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.

The Math Forum and their Math History resource collection (USA)

A Virtual Center for Math Education on the Internet

The Invention Dimension at MIT (USA)

A resource for people who want to learn about American Inventors and their discoveries

Centre for History of Science and Technology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles

This centre organises regular conferences on the history of mathematics.

The Mathematical Quotations Server maintained by Mark Woodard

Quotations by mathematicians or about mathematics

Favourite Mathematical Constants maintained by Steven Finch

Information on a collection of well-known, and some more obscure constants

The Museum of the History of Science

at the University of Oxford

The Geometry Center

with some excellent interactive web applications

The Yahoo Mathematics Page

A page of other Maths related sites

Links to other places in the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

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