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Jeff Miller: Earliest Uses of Symbols for Variables
This personal site explains how variables began and who were the first to use them.
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Upr Humacao: La Mujer en Las Matematicas Y Las Ciencias De Computos
Short biography of famous female mathematicians.
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Jeff Miller: Earliest Uses of Various Mathematical Symbols
This site from Gulf High School explores the earliest uses of various mathematical symbols, words, and terms. A very interesting site.
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Living Math!: Math History and Mathematicians
A good starting point for research into the history of Mathematics. Information is organized into time periods with lists of famous mathematicians and scientists.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Lesson Plan: Famous Mathematicians
This lesson plan is aimed at 7th and 8th grade students and involves researching famous mathematicians and the import of their contributions.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Interesting Facts About Pi
Presents many interesting pieces of information from the history of pi.