Critics Corner

Reviews of books, websites, poster sets, movies, and other resources for learning and teaching the history of mathematics.

How Mathematics Happened: The First 50,000 Years

A popular history of ancient mathematics, dealing with the mathematics of ancient Egypt and Babylonia.

The Story of Mathematics

A wonderful survey of the history of mathematics, emphasizing its relationship with the ambient culture.

Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology

A sketch of the history of topology, beginning with the polyhedron formula, but continuing up to the present.

Musings of the Masters

Essays on various aspects of mathematical thought by prominent mathematicians of the past century.

Review of The Math Book

In this fascinating and accessible book, the author devotes one lively, informative page of description and one striking, full-page illustration to each of 250 milestones in mathematics.

Negative Math

The story of the negative numbers

Mathematics and The Historian's Craft

A collection of the Kenneth May lectures in the history of mathematics given at meetings of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics.

Historical Connections in Mathematics

Brief biographies of mathematicians with mathematical activities based on their work.

Euler Tercentenary Volumes

Two excellent volumes on Euler in honor of his three hundredth birthday

Multicultural Classroom Posters Sets 1 & 2

Posters illustrating mathematics concepts in such places as China, Japan, India, and the Americas.