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Ancient Maths Recovered
- Article describing the recovery of mathematical works that have been lost for two thousand years. Also available in pdf.
Art of Renaissance Science
- Discusses the role of Galileo's new science in the works of renaissance artists and architects.
Babylonian Mathematics
- Article by J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson. Includes discussion of Babylonian numerals, Pythagora's theorem in Babylonian mathematics, and a history of zero.
British Society for the History of Mathematics
- Established to promote research into the history of mathematics. Includes extensive resources and links, with details of membership, publications, and activities.
Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics
- With information on publications and upcoming meetings. Publisher of two official journals, Historia Mathematica and Philosophia Mathematica.
Euclid and His Heritage
- Conference on the life and work of Leonhard Euler during the 1770s and 1780s.
Galois Translation Project (GTP)
- Supplying a platform for translations of texts related to and from Evariste Galois into English, German, Italian or Spanish.
Glimpses of History
- The history of maths in verse by Martin Huxley of the University of Cardiff.
Green Lion Press
- Providing access to the original source texts in the history of science and history of mathematics.
History and Overview
- A collection of articles on the history of mathematics from ArXiv available in postscript and pdf. Abstracts also available.
History of Mathematics
- Brief overview of the history of mathematics, by David E. Joyce.
The History of Mathematics
- Offers a collection of online texts of the writings of mathematicians of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with background material and notes.
History of Mechanical Calculators
- Offers a range of articles, resources, and links covering the history of calculators, from the abacus through to the solid state electronic calculators that appeared during the 1960s.
Indic Mathematics: India and the Scientific Revolution
- An article exploring the contribution of Indian mathematicians to the development of mathematical concepts and understanding.
International Commission for the History of Mathematics (ICHM)
- Formed to encourage the study of the history of mathematics, and promote scholarship in the field. Provides details of membership, publications, activities, and links.
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
- Features an extensive collection of mathematical biographies, plus articles and features on mathematics in world cultures, history of different mathematical topics and details of famous curves. From the University of St Andrews, Scotland.
The Mathematical Problems of David Hilbert
- A collection of material and resources related to Hilbert's influential address of 1900 to the International Congress of Mathematicians in Paris, in which he outlined 23 major mathematical problems to be studied in the coming century.
The Museum of HP Calculators
- A virtual museum that displays and describes Hewlett-Packard calculators introduced from 1968 to 1986. Includes articles, forums, and information for collectors.
The Oughtred Society
- Dedicated to the preservation and history of slide rules and other calculating instruments. Includes details of membership, activities, and publications, with resources on the use of slide rules.
Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America
- A special interest group that aims to promote research in the history of mathematics and support the use of history in the teaching of mathematics.
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