History of Mathematics Teacher Resources

More than a dry series of facts about Ohm's life, this page from the University of St. Andrews provides interesting anecdotal accounts which reveal the personality behind the man. Thorough, interesting and an abundance of facts. A great...

This page from the University of St. Andrews offers an excellent biography on Isaac Barrow, an English mathematician and humanist(1630-1677.) Discusses his life and his contributions to these fields.

This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, gives a brief biography of Christopher Clavius with references for additional study.

This site from the University of Saint Andrews provides a short biography of Pascal. Takes a philosophical angle. Features links to existentialist philosophy, seventeenth and eighteenth century literature, and philosophy pages.

This site from the University of St. Andrews has information on any mathematician you can think of and who may be found through a chronological index approach or alphabetically.

The events of the life of Abraham de Moivre are presented in a very abbreviated timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).

The events of the life of James Bernoulli are presented in an abbreviated timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).

History and mathematics merge in this lesson that explores the origin of the calendar. Learn how it all got started in this detailed lesson that includes a simple months of the year game and a more challenging time conversion game. Both...

This page of brief biographies taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics," includes a paragraph on the life and work of Gabriel Cramer of "Cramer's Rule," fame.

Part of a biography web page including information on James, John, and Daniel Bernoulli. The site includes information originally published in "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).

This ibiblio.org site discusses the "Classical roots of the scientific revolution," with concentration on the Greek mathematicians from the 5th century BC to the 5th century AD who "Maintained a splendid tradition of work in the exact...

This lesson plan is aimed at 7th and 8th grade students and involves researching famous mathematicians and the import of their contributions.

This site from Gulf High School explores the earliest uses of various mathematical symbols, words, and terms. A very interesting site.

The progression of algebra history is covered in areas including Egyptian algebra, Babylonian algebra, Arabic algebra, to name a few.

Gives the Mayan days and months. In addition, a Java Applet is included which will convert any date (Gregorian calendar) to its corresponding Mayan date.

The lesson examines the origins of mathematics. Strings of symbols, the mathematicians of Ancient Greece, Arabian scholars, and the Renaissance are discussed.

This personal site explains how variables began and who were the first to use them.

This site from the University of St. Andrews provides a biography of mathematician Nicholas Chuquet, who was the first to use negative numbers as exponents and coefficients.

A short biographical sketch on the life and work of Augustin Fresnel (1788-1827). Comments on a few of his scientific accomplishments.

Not much is known about the life of Eudoxus, a famous Greek mathematician. This is a brief description of what we do know about him.

Presents many interesting pieces of information from the history of pi.

This site from the University of Saint Andrews shows the involute of a circle graphically and gives brief history. Cartesian equation is given.

This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, gives a brief biography of Nicolaus Bernoulli.

In Spanish. Familiarize yourself with 25 famous women mathematicians.