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Critics Corner

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

Stamping Through Mathematics
The author takes us on a historical tour of mathematics through postage stamps of the world that display mathematicians and mathematics.
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.
Mathematics: Powerful Patterns in Nature and Society
The work of ten scientists who thought deeply about patterns.
Geometry Civilized: History, Culture, & Technique
This a wonderfully written tour of aspects of classical geometry-- a must read for all geometry teachers.
Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry
This book describes some of the so-called temple geometry problems that Japanese mathematicians posed and solved beginning in the seventeenth century.
Companion Encyclopedia of History of Math Sciences
The paperback reprint of this large collection of articles by experts on all aspects of the history and philosophy of mathematics.
Discovering the Beauty of Science - The History of Mathematics Course
A math history class visits the 'Beautiful Science' exhibit at the Huntington Library in Southern California.
Complexities: Women in Mathematics
A collection of articles about historical and contemporary women in mathematics.

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