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This work discusses the people who solved some of Hilbert's problems from 1900, as well as the mathematics involved in the solutions.

An excellent and careful study of matrix methods for solving systems of linear equations in first century China.

A gallery of episodes from the history of calculus.
Title page from the Ars Magna, by Gerolamo Cardano, published in 1545. Engraved portrait of the author. First printed text of algebraic solution of cubic equations.
Prove that if the sums of the square opposite sides of any quadrilateral are equal, its diagonals interect at right angles.
This 1989 revision of the 1969 NCTM yearbook still provides wonderful suggestions for using the history of mathematics in the classroom.
A collection of short pieces detailing how Euler solved a particular mathematics problem.
A cultural history of the infinite, from ancient to modern times, in which the author clarifies the conceptual underpinnings of this vast topic.
Tartaglia's method for solving cubics, which he eventually explained to Cardano.

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

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