From the Greek Period to the 20th Century, the University of St. Andrews provide a time line of famous mathematicians. Time periods are separated into individual time lines.

This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, gives a brief history of the cardioid. Shows parametric and cartesian equations.

This page from the University of St. Andrews offers an excellent biography on Isaac Barrow, an English mathematician and humanist(1630-1677.) Discusses his life and his contributions to these fields.

This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, gives a biography of mathematician George Dantzig, the man that introduced the concept of linear programming.

This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, gives a brief biography of Christopher Clavius with references for additional study.

This site from the University of St. Andrews has information on any mathematician you can think of and who may be found through a chronological index approach or alphabetically.

Use this tool from the University of St. Andrews to find famous mathematicians alive on given dates. Just enter the year you are interested in, and you will receive a list of mathematicians and related information about the mathematician...

This lesson plan is aimed at 7th and 8th grade pupils and involves researching famous mathematicians and the import of their contributions.

The events of the life of Pierre de Fermat 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).

The events of the life of Pierre Laplace 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).

The University of St. Andrews offers a brief history of the first math problem to be solved with computers.

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

John David Walters shares the origins of mathematical symbols and illuminates why they're still so important in the field today.

In this math resource from the Real Sociedad Matematica Espanola, you can read the biographies of famous Spanish mathematicians.

A historical overview of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. Links to historic mathematicians and the development of this theorem.

How do you compare to these results from Olympic Games in the past if you try similar running and jumping activities? This activity uses the history of the Olympic Games to introduce ideas about measuring time and distances in standard...

This University of Arkansas site applies symmetry to the world of history and artifacts. Includes images.

A look at the life of Democritus of Abdera. He helped to develop a theory of atomism, explained in detail here. Other significant ideas he had included his theory of perception, a theory of the soul and its relationship to living things,...

The Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides an interesting and easy-to-use dictionary of the history and meaning of many measurement terms. Metric, International, and...

Read the biographies of dozens of women mathematicians who were important in the 1700's, 1800's, and 1900's.

This personal site explains how variables began and who were the first to use them.

This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, gives a brief biography of Nicolaus Bernoulli.

This page of brief biographies taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics," includes a paragraph on the life and work of Gabriel Cramer of "Cramer's Rule," fame.

Provides a listing of books that are useful in research on this topic.