Great Idea Finder
The Great Idea Finder: Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French philosopher, mathematician, and physicist, is considered one of the great minds in Western intellectual history. He also invented the first mechanical adding machine.
Great Idea Finder
The Great Idea Finder: Adding Machine
The Great Idea Finder profiles the adding machine, invented by nineteen-year old mathematician Blaise Pascal in the year 1642.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Calculating the Circumference of the Earth
In this project, you will estimate the circumference of the earth, using a method developed about 2,200 years ago, by Eratosthenes, a Greek mathematician and the librarian of the great library at Alexandria, in Egypt.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Contributions of Apollonius
This site, provided by the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, describes the contributions of Apollonius of Perga.
Tour Egypt
Tour Egypt: The Ancient Egyptian Number System
This Tour Egypt site presents an easy-to-read account of ancient Egypt mathematics. Content explores the history and development of mathematics, how it was used, what helpful documents we have found that give us insight into what the...
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Lazare Carnot
This page offers an excellent biography on Lazare Carnot, a French mathematician, engineer, military captain, and defense specialist (1753-1823.) Discusses his life and his contributions to these fields.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Quotation by Apollonius
This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, contains a quote of Apollonius from the Preface to Book 1 of "Conics."
Agnes Scott College
Agnes Scott College: Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850 1891)
This site provides a biography of the mathematician, writer, and advocate of women's rights, Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850-1891 CE).
NASA
Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day: Hypatia
Learn more about Hypatia when you check out this resource. This site features a picture and a brief synopsis of this famous scientist.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Portrait of Mary Somerville
Three portraits of Mary Somerville (1780-1872 CE) are presented on this page. A great way to enhance a report on the famous mathematician.
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University: Sonya Kovalevsky (1850 1891)
This site provides a detailed biography of the great Russian mathematician, Sonya Kovalevsky.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Helena Rasiowa
Helena Rasiowa was a Polish mathematician who achieved great mathematical accomplishments despite the dangers she faced during the German invasion of Poland. Read more about her life and work in this biography.
Other
Mathpages.com: History of Mathematics
Find the information you need about math history, from Archimedes to Fermat. A great resource for studying the foundations of today's world of mathematics.
Ministry of Education and Employment of Spain
Red Escolar: El Crucigrama De Hipatia
In Spanish. Hypatia of Alejandria was a great mathematician that from an early age taught and investigated almost all branches of mathematics. To remember her solve the crossword puzzle involving problems of arithmetic, geometry and...
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Blaise Pascal
Excellent discussion of the life and work of this great scientist and mathematician. Describes his range of interests and notes his many contributions. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Tiling With Spidrons
If art and math are both passions of yours, this project is meant for you! Spidrons are geometric forms made from alternating sequences of equilateral and isosceles (30 degrees, 30 degrees, 120 degrees) triangles. Spidrons were...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Galileo Galilei
(1564-1642) Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who was one of the great creators of experimental science.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Euclid
Euclid, a great mathematician, wrote the first systematic textbook on geometry.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ptolemy
He was a mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer. "The name of a line Graeco-Egyptain kings, who succeeded on the division of the empire of Alexander the Great, to the portion of his dominions of which Egypt was the head."...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Approximate Solutions: Differential Equations
The base of the natural logarithm function, is called Euler's number, in honor of Leonhard Euler, a great Swiss mathematician. (Continued. See "before the activity.")
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon was a mathematician and electrical engineer whose work underlies modern information theory and helped instigate the digital revolution. He was the first person to recognize how Boolean algebra could be used to great...