University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Lissajous Curves
Gives a brief history and lists the parametric cartesian equations.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Nicomachus of Gerasa
Many people have used a multiplication table, but most are oblivious that Nicomachus made the first multiplication table in Greek text.
Other
History World: Greek Science Timeline
A timeline of scientific discoveries and theories of the ancient Greeks. It covers the period from 585 BC to 150 AD, with three additional entries for related events in the 1900s. Each entry has links to additional content on the website...
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College: Rene Descartes (1596 1650)
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).
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: How the Greeks Used Geometry to Understand the Stars
An article explaining how the Greeks were able to use their science and mathematics to predict where astronomical objects such as the Planets could be found in the nighttime sky even though their underlying premise was that the earth did...
Tech Target
What Is: Irrational Number
A counterpart problem in measurement would be to find the length of the diagonal of a square whose side is one unit long; there is no subdivision of the unit length that will divide evenly into the length of the diagonal. It thus became...
University at Buffalo
A Modern History of Blacks in Mathematics
Biographies of Blacks in mathematics from the 1700s to the present time.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Winifred Merrill
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.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Mathematics of History
What can mathematics say about history? From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, Jean-Baptiste Michel shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns. [4:26]
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Mayan Mathematics
After a historical introduction, this site from the University of St. Andrews provides information about the mathematics of the Maya Civilization and shows just how advanced they were.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: The Arabic Numeral System
This site is a discussion of Indian numerals that form the basis of the current widespread European number system, a system that came to Europe via a western Arabic route. Interesting information about finger-reckoning and sexagesimal...
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: Ancient Egypt: The Egyptian Number System
Animated and interactive website from Children's University of Manchester on the Ancient Egyptian Number System. Students can explore the characteristics of ancient Egyptian numbers and use their math facts along the way.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Making Sense of Irrational Numbers
Like many heroes of Greek myths, the philosopher Hippasus was rumored to have been mortally punished by the gods. But what was his crime? Did he murder guests or disrupt a sacred ritual? No, Hippasus's transgression was mathematically...
Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte (Spain)
La Historia De Matematicas a Traves De Los Siglos
In Spanish. Offers brief mathematical histories beginning with Egypt and Babylon up through the 19th century.
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: Hypatia of Alexandria
The University of St Andrews gives a vivid biography of Hypatia and her influence in ancient mathematics, neoplatonic philosophy, and Alexandrian politics. Includes links to related biographies and topics.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Aryabhata the Elder
Biographical information on Aryabhata (476-550 CE), a renowned Indian mathematician who wrote about astronomy, algebra, plane trigonometry, and much more. Includes links to related resources.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6 Sp.2,5d Electoral College
In addition to providing a task that relates to other disciplines (history, civics, current events, etc.), this task is intended to demonstrate that a graph can summarize a distribution as well as provide useful information about...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Project Ideas: World Records
This activity suggests a number of investigative projects, focusing on athletics and swimming, exploring some of the trends between performances in different sports at the same time in history and in the rate of improvement of records...
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Mqed: Pacing the Heart
The downloadable monograph examines the cardiac pacemaker. Topics included are the history and current status of the device.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: The Black Hole
This site examines the black hole as an object in astrophysics. Delve into this comprehensive resource that covers this concept from its history, to qualitative physics, the reality of black holes, mathematical physics and more.
Other
Webquest: A Creative Encounter of the Numerical Kind
Students research the history behind number systems and create their own systems in the role of a mathematics expert sent to help an imaginary society. A fun way to learn the importance of number systems.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Battle to the Death: Adding Integers
The goal of this lesson is for students to use manipulatives to add integers, creating concepts rather than memorizing rules. This lesson will be related to the 300 Spartans who battled the invading Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae,...
Other
Houghton Mifflin: Mayan Mathematics
This site explains the mathematical system of the Mayans. It gives the represenation they used for numbers and how they did addition and subtraction.