Critics Corner

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

A biography of the geometer Donald Coxeter.

A compilation of ethnomathematical ideas from around the world.

A solid history of mathematics text that any instructor of a history course should consider.

A set of four posters dealing with the Pythagorean Theorem, infinity, prime numbers, and the history of pi.

There is much to see in this museum related to the history of mathematics.

A survey of concepts of infinite sets over the centuries.

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

A website with links to information about numerous topics in the history of mathematics.

Author Keith Devlin argues that the impact of the Pisan merchant and his Arabic numbers on medieval Europe was even greater than previously thought.

A new edition of a classic work on number theory.

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