History of Mathematics Teacher Resources

This page, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, traces the history of Set Theory as well as the concept of infinity and the infinite set.

This site features an outline of how to implement the use of curriculum maps into a school district curriculum program.

From the Greek Period to the 20th Century, the University of St. Andrews provide a time line of famous mathematicians. Time periods are separated into individual time lines.

A short biographical sketch of Thomas Young's (1863- 1942) life as a mathematician and a scientist. Gives an account of his birth and the final years of his life.

This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, gives biographical information on mathematician Pierre de Fermat.

Biography of mathematician Leohnard Euler, who introduced the concept of beta and gamma functions.

Biographical information on Thomas Bayes, mathematician who worked on the theory of probability.

This site from the University of St. Andrews provides biographical information about mathematician Christoff Rudolff, author of the first book about algebra in German.

This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, gives a biography of mathematician George Dantzig, the man that introduced the concept of linear programming.

Bombelli's contributions to mathematics were mainly in algebra. He was the first to figure the multiplication of negative integers.

Keith Devlin, the author of the book The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution, talks about the history of arithmetic and how Leonardo of Pisa, or Fibonacci, changed commerce and the way arithmetic was done. Aired Aug. 12,...

His work in geometry and trigonometry gave definition to many common terms that we know today.

Different cultures' contributions to Geometry are discussed.

Extensive information about Maya history and civilization covering a wide range of topics.

This site profiles dozens of Chicano/Latino and Native American scientists. Most are still active in their field of research. Searchable by field of science. Also contains links to some fantastic science sites by topic.

Gives a brief history and lists the parametric cartesian equations.

This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, gives a brief history of the cardioid. Shows parametric and cartesian equations.

Many people have used a multiplication table, but most are oblivious that Nicomachus made the first multiplication table in Greek text.

This mathematician is remembered for his work on regular polyhedra. You can find more about the works of Hypsicles and other mathematicians at this site.

In trigonometry today, we use the abbreviations sin, cosine and tan. Girard was the first mathematician to use these abbreviations in his work.

Use this tool from the University of St. Andrews to find famous mathematicians alive on given dates. Just enter the year you are interested in, and you will receive a list of mathematicians and related information about the mathematician...

Discusses the continuing debate over who was the founder of calculus, Sir Isaac Newton or Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz.

Very cool site. Allows you to zoom in/out and add evolutes, involutes, etc.

This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, gives a nice biography that includes pictures and references.