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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.

When a Number System Loses Uniqueness: The Case of the Maya

Considering non-unique representation of Maya calendar numbers may help your students understand their own number system better.

David Joyce's Website

This website contains a complete version of Euclid's Elements, with all the proofs.

Isaac Barrow's edition of Archimede's Apollonius, & Theodosius

This is the title page of Isaac Barrow's Latin edition of the works of Archimedes, the first four books of Apollonius's Conics, and Theodosius's Spherica. It was published in 1675.

A Euclidean Approach to the FTC

The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus is presented in the version of Scottish mathematician James Gregory—without the use of limits.