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- Ancient Geometry: Presenting an overview from ancient times to the present day, including descriptions of the discovery of pi and the origins of trigonometry.
- Babylonian Math: This site was created to help people understand the Babylonian math system better.
- Famous Problems in the History of Mathematics: Describes what mathematicians have worked on, from ancient times to the present. Includes problems suitable for middle school and high school math students, with links to solutions.
- History of Mathematics: An overview of the subject and a famous 1900 speech describing the main mathematical problems. Includes a chronological list of mathematicians and their work.
- History of Mathematics: Describes the earliest known uses of common words and symbols, as well as explaining some of the ambigous terms that might be encountered at high school level.
- MacTutor History of Mathematics: An extensive and searchable archive covering famous people and concepts, as well as describing the development of mathematics in various cultures.
- Mathematics History: Traces the development of math throughout the ages. Also includes biographies of famous mathematicians.
- The History of Mathematicians and Physicists: Outlines a Webquest for studying the history of contributions to both these fields, and includes resources for solving the task.
- The Mystery Of The Aleph: This article from the "Washington Post" covers the development of the concept of infinity, from the fifth to the second century B.C., and includes the main findings of Archimedes and the Pythagorean school. [Requires free registration.]
- Why Do We Study Calculus?: Explains, in everyday language, the developments in astronomy, math, and physics that contributed to the discovery of differential calculus and its relationship to area formulas.
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