SOME SELECTED RESOURCES FOR
USING HISTORY IN TEACHING MATHEMATICS
DAVID PENGELLEY
- Original source collections
- Norman Biggs, Graph theory 1736-1936
- Garrett Birkhoff & Uta Merzbach, A source book in classical
analysis
- Ronald Calinger, Classics of mathematics, second edition
- Encyclopedia Britannica, Great books of the Western World
- John Fauvel & Jeremy Gray, The history of mathematics: a
reader
- Victor Katz (editor), The mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia,
China, India, and Islam: a sourcebook
- Henrietta Midonick, The treasury of mathematics
- David E. Smith, A source book in mathematics
- John Stillwell, Sources of hyperbolic geometry
- Dirk Struik, A source book in mathematics, 1200--1800
- Jean Van Heijenoort, From Frege to Godel : a source book in
mathematical
logic
- Collected Works (hundreds of them!): A bibliography of
collected works
and correspondence of mathematicians, by Steven W. Rockey,
Mathematics
Library, Cornell University
- Reprints of original author mathematics books: numerous
- Historically oriented mathematics books
- David Bressoud: A radical approach to real analysis
- William Dunham, Journey through genius
- H. Eves, Great moments in mathematics (before 1650) (after 1650)
- E. Hairer & G. Wanner, Analysis by its history
- Reinhard Laubenbacher & David Pengelley, Mathematical
expeditions:
chronicles by the explorers
- Arthur Knoebel, Reinhard Laubenbacher, Jerry Lodder, David
Pengelley, Mathematical masterpieces: further chronicles by the
explorers
- William Priestley, Calculus, an historical approach
- Saul Stahl, Introductory
modern algebra: a historical approach
- Saul Stahl, Real
analysis: a historical approach
- John Stillwell, Mathematics and its history
- Otto Toeplitz, The calculus; a genetic approach
- J. Tignol, Galois' theory of algebraic equations
- The role and use of history in teaching (includes some teaching
materials)
- Classroom materials
- Prose readings and collections of historically oriented articles
- James Newman (ed.), The world of mathematics, 4 volumes
- Frank Swetz (ed.), From five fingers to infinity: a journey
through the
history of mathematics
- Reference works
- Florian Cajori, A history of mathematical notations
- Joseph Dauben, The history of mathematics from antiquity to the
present: a selective bibliography (CD-ROM)
- Dictionary of scientific biography
- Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Companion encyclopedia of the history
and
philosophy
of the mathematical sciences
- Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell, Women of mathematics
: a
biobibliographic
sourcebook
- Specialized histories
- Asger Aaboe, Episodes from the early history of mathematics
- Margaret E. Baron, The origins of the infinitesimal calculus
- I. Bashmakova & G. Smirnova, The beginnings and evolution
of algebra
- J. L. Berggren, Episodes in the mathematics of medieval Islam
- R. Bonola, Non-Euclidean geometry
- U. Bottazzini, The higher calculus: a history of real and
complex
analysis
from Euler to Weierstrass
- Carl Boyer, History of the calculus and its conceptual
development
- Carl Boyer, History of analytic geometry
- John Cannon, The evolution of dynamics: vibration theory from
1687 to
1742
- Bruce Chandler, The history of combinatorial group theory: a
case study
in the history of ideas
- L. E. Dickson, History of the theory of numbers
- Jean Dieudonne, A history of algebraic and differential topology
- Jean Dieudonne, History of functional analysis
- C. H. Edwards, The historical development of the calculus
- Harold M. Edwards, Fermat's last theorem : a genetic
introduction to
algebraic
number theory
- Herman Goldstine, A history of the calculus of variations from
the 17th
through the 19th century
- H. Goldstine, A history of numerical analysis from the 16th
through the
19th century
- J. Grabiner, The origins of Cauchy's rigorous calculus
- I. Grattan-Guinness, The development of the foundations of
mathematical
analysis from Euler to Riemann
- I. Grattan-Guinness (ed.), From the calculus to set theory,
1630--1910:
an introductory history
- T. Hawkins, Lebesgue's theory of integration: its origins and
development
- T. L. Heath, A manual of Greek mathematics
- T. L. Heath, A history of Greek mathematics
- G. Joseph, The crest of the peacock: non-European roots of
mathematics
- Amy King, Pathways to probability; history of the mathematics
of
certainty
and chance
- Felix Klein, Development of mathematics in the 19th century
- W. Knorr, The ancient tradition of geometric problems
- Jesper Lutzen, The prehistory of the theory of distributions
- Jerome Manheim, The genesis of point set topology
- J.-C. Martzloff, A history of Chinese mathematics
- Gregory Moore, Zermelo's axiom of choice: its origins,
development, and
influence
- Otto Neugebauer, The exact sciences in antiquity
- O. Ore, Number theory and its history
- B. A. Rosenfeld, A history of non-Euclidean geometry: evolution
of the
concept of geometric space
- Winfried Scharlau, From Fermat to Minkowski : lectures on the
theory of
numbers and its historical development
- George Simmons, Calculus gems : brief lives and memorable
mathematics
- Ivor Thomas, Selections illustrating the history of Greek
mathematics
- Van der Waerden, A history of algebra: from al-Khwarizmi to
Emmy Noether
- Van der Waerden, Science awakening I: Egyptian, Babylonian, and
Greek
mathematics
- Andre Weil, Number theory: an approach through history from
Hammurapi
to
Legendre
- H. Wussing, The genesis of the abstract group concept
- Some general histories of mathematics
- William Berlinghoff & Fernando Gouvêa, Math Through the Ages: A
Gentle History for Teachers and Others
- Carl Boyer (& Uta Merzbach, 2nd edition), A history of
mathematics
- David M. Burton, The history of mathematics : an introduction
- Stuart Hollingdale, Makers of mathematics
- Victor Katz, A history of mathematics, second edition
- Edna Kramer, The main stream of mathematics
- Morris Kline, Mathematical thought from ancient to modern times
- Edna Kramer, The main stream of mathematics
- Herbert Meschkowski, Ways of thought of great mathematicians;
an
approach
to the history of mathematics
- David E. Smith, History of mathematics
- Dirk Struik, A concise history of mathematics
- Mathematical biographies: numerous
- Periodicals
- Some web resources
- Teaching with
original historical sources in mathematics, David
Pengelley, New Mexico State University
- History
of mathematics and teaching history of mathematics, Fred Rickey, US
Military Academy
- History
of mathematics, David Joyce, Clarkson University
- History
of mathematics, David Wilkins, Trinity College, Dublin
- History
of mathematics, American Mathematical Society
- Web
Resources on the History of Mathematics, British
Society for the
History of Mathematics
- History of
Mathematics Web Sites,
David Calvis, Baldwin-Wallace College
- Daniel Otero's Homepage
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Teaching with
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Historical Sources in Mathematics
Last revised May 1, 2008.