Ken’s Math History Notes Dr. Ken W. Smith Sam Houston State University
 

  Main topics

  Introduction (pdf, 2 pages)

  1. •  1 Before the Greeks

  2. •  2 The Greek Age

  3. •  3 Quiet Millenium

  4. •  4 The Calculus Revolution

  5. •  The Age of Uncertainty (XIXth Century)

  6. •  The Twentieth Century




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Useful links:

  1. •MacTutor History of Math site  (site with extensive information on every aspect of math history.)

  2. •Don Allen’s History of Math site  (a history of math class at Texas A & M.)

  3. •MacTutor list of Math History websites

  4. •My Mathematical Concepts page (important mathematical concepts we will explore in this course)


Recommended books and textbooks:

  1. • The History of Mathematics: An Introduction by Burton, 7th ed, McGraw-Hill 2010

  2.     (textbook for MTH 467, SHSU, Spring 2011)

  3. • An Introduction to the History of Mathematics by Eves, 6th ed, Brooks-Cole 1990

  4.     (textbook for MTH 467 & MTH 560, SHSU, Spring 2010)

  5. • Mathematical Thought From Ancient to Modern Times (3 vols) by Morris Kline, Oxford 1990

  6.     (textbook for MTH 673, CMU, Summer 2005)

  7. • Hilbert by Constance Reid, Springer 1996 (textbook for MTH 560, SHSU, Spring 2010)

Last modified February 15, 2012