I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

origins of modern mathematics, analytic geometry, the history of calculus. Also covers the transition to the twentieth century and contemporary perspectives.

Jacqueline Stedall, History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2011) is recommended for introductory (background) reading. Additional reading for each of the sections of the course ...

The aim of the project is to compile information about all the mathematicians of the world and to trace the intellectual history of mathematics. The MGP website aims to provide details of all ...

National Mathematics Day is celebrated every year in India on December 22. This day honours the birth anniversary of the legendary Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan, who made extraordinary ...