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Two merchants, A and B, loaded a ship with 500 hhds (hogsheads) of rum; A loaded 350 hhds, and B the rest; in a storm the seamen were obliged to throw overboard 100 hhds; how much must each sustain of the loss?

Review of In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman

William Cook recounts the history of and computational progress on the traveling salesman problem, emphasizing connections within mathematics and with other disciplines.

Companion Encyclopedia of History of Math Sciences

The paperback reprint of this large collection of articles by experts on all aspects of the history and philosophy of mathematics.

Leonhard Euler's Algebra

This is the title page of the French edition of Leonhard Euler's text on Algebra. The text was originally published in German in 1767 in St. Petersburg and then translated into French in 1795.

Great Feuds in Mathematics

A lively description of ten of the greatest feuds in mathematics.

The Mathematician's Brain

A book delving into the working of the mathematical mind.

St Andrews History of Mathematics Archive

This website offers a collection of biographies of mathematicians and a variety of resources on the development of various branches of mathematics. It is an extremely rich and extensive site.

Portrait Gallery

A portrait gallery of mathematicians, mostly taken from the collection at the Dibner Library of the Smithsonian, with permission.

The Archimedes Website

This website devoted to miscellanea about Archimedes contains much interesting material about his life and times.