Olga Alexandrovna Ladyzhenskaya (1922-2004) is profiled, who worked in linear, quasilinear, and nonlinear partial (and some ordinary) differential equations of elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic types, with some theoretical applications...

While this site gives some background information on Ladyzhenskaya, it focuses more on her interests and contributions to the world of mathematics. It is an inspirational source for encouraging females to participate in mathematics.

The Association for Women in Mathematics pays tribute to Julia Robinson (1919-1985 CE). The accomplishments and challenges she faced in a field dominated by men are included along with quotes from a tribute written after her death.

The first American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics, Winifred Merrill made many contributions to the world of mathematics. Her life and accomplishments are documented in this short biography.

Provides much information on the life of Pythagoras of Samos.

This page gives information about Hippocrates and his life. While brilliant at geometry, he was perceived as being naive and not as bright in handling his personal financial matters.

This site contains biographical information on the life of Lewis Carroll as well as the history of his writings. Links to pictures and his writing are provided at the bottom of the site.

This site from ScienceWorld provides brief but factual biographical information on the Greek mathematician Menaechmus. It contains a quote of his to one of his students when asked for a shortcut to geometry.

This biography of Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799 CE) describes the challenges overcome by Maria to become a well educated woman and famous mathematician. Be sure to follow the link containing information and a picture of the "Witch of...

The lesson examines the origins of mathematics. Strings of symbols, the mathematicians of Ancient Greece, Arabian scholars, and the Renaissance are discussed.

Short biography of famous female mathematicians.

In Spanish. Familiarize yourself with 25 famous women mathematicians.

Discusses the two math problems that baffled mathematicians for ages, Fermat's Last Theorem and Riemann's Hypothesis. The latter is still unsolved.

This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides a brief overview of Francois Viete, displayed as ten biographical topics. The fields of data collected include topics such as birth/death dates, father, nationality,...

This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides an outline of important facts about Chrisiaan Huygens. The topics collected include important dates, father information, nationality, education, religion, scientific...

General biographical information about Johannes Kepler, includes information about his mathematical achievements.

Events of Rene Descartes' life are presented in a timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).

This speech was given at the ceremony where Olga Taussky-Todd (1906-1995 CE) received her honorary doctorate from University of Southern California.

An encyclopedia entry on the life of Simon Stevin is given. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia" is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around 1910.

This is an interesting geometry project that goes back to the time of Archimedes, the famous Greek mathematician. You can combine this mathematical project with computer science and take this ancient problem into the twenty-first century...

At this site from NASA you can read about Al-Khawarizmi (also known as al-Kwarismi or al-Khorezmi) and his significant role in the early study of algebra.

A condensed timeline of famous female mathematicians containing names of famous female mathematicians and their contributions from the fifth century BCE to the present. Be sure to follow the link to Dorothy Lewis Bernstein for more...

A great biography of Johann Bernoulli is provided at this site. An audio clip is provided, as well as a good list of primary sources.

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.