Textbooks
- Math Through the Ages, A Gentle History for Teachers and Others by William Berlinghof and Fernando Gouvea
- A History of Mathematics by Victor Katz
- Journey through Genius by William Dunham
Interesting Links
- Link to pdf of Frederic Rosen’s 1831 translation of Al Khwarizmi’s Algebra
- Link to pdf of Thomas Heaths 1910 translation of Diophantus’ Arithmetica
- Link to Kevin Devlin’s article for the MAA about the Cattle of the Sun problem.
- Notes from Fri 24 Feb on Book I of Euclid’s Elements
- Video of Euclid’s proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
- Link to Euclid’s Elements
- Notes for Mon 27 Feb
- Video of Brachistochrome
- Notes from Mon 20 Mar