Critics Corner

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

Archimedes: What Did He Do Besides Cry Eureka?

Archimedes' work, The Method, explained, along with many other important ideas of the great Greek geometer.

Tools of American Mathematics Teaching, 1800-2000

A survey of the use of technology in American mathematics teaching over the past 200 years.

The Mystery of Numbers

A journey through numbers from their earliest beginning in India to the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem by Wiles.

Discovering the Beauty of Science - Historic Texts at the Huntington Library

A math history class visits the 'Beautiful Science' exhibit at the Huntington Library in Southern California.

Historical Modules

A CD with eleven modules, each containing numerous activities designed to help secondary teachers use the history of mathematics to teach mathematics.

Review of Mathematics Emerging: A Sourcebook 1540-1900

Our reviewer praises the selection of excerpts, the use of facsimiles rather than transcriptions, and the commentary and English translation in this collection.

Awakening of Geometrical Thought in Early Culture

How does geometry begin? This work explores the origins of geometry in the work of artisans.

Famous Problems and Their Mathematicians

This resource consists of a series of 61 worksheets, each focused on a particular problem and related to a particular historical mathematical personality.

Equations from God: Pure Mathematics and Victorian Faith

A study of Victorian idealism and its relation to religion, as exemplified in the work of three 19th century British mathematicians.

The Art of the Infinite

This book is a collection of mathematical ideas organized around the themes of infinity and the illumination of the nature of mathematical thought.