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Hypatia of Alexandria: Mathematician and Martyr

A biography of Hypatia in her times, which carefully distinguishes between the known facts of her life and the many speculations about her.

Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Snow

If two Post-Boys, A and B at 59 miles distance from one another, set out in the morning in order to meet...

History of Mathematics

Boyer's classic text, as revised by Uta Merzbach, is still worth having.

Joy of Pi Website

This website is connected to the book, The Joy of Pi. It has numerous interesting facts about pi, with links to additional sites.

Review of The Lost Millennium: History's Timetables under Siege

Review of a book that suggests that the accepted historical chronology is fundamentally flawed.

Trigonometric Delights

A delightful survey of the history of trigonometry, along with discussions of its uses, both ancient and modern.

Isaac Newton

This is the title page of the 1779 edition of the works of Isaac Newton known at that time. Note that this is a much shorter book than the recent eight volume collection of Newton's mathematical papers, edited by Derek Whiteside.

Cogwheels of the Mind: The Story of Venn Diagrams

An introduction to the work of Venn as well as the work of the author in extending some of Venn's results.

What is 0^0?

The expression 0^0 is usually called an indeterminate form. This article details the history of the meaning of this expression and concludes that, in some cases, we should evaluate it as 1.

Height and Distance

An erect pole of 10 cubits has its base moved 6 cubits. Determine the new height and the distance the top of the pole is lowered.