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A History of Mathematics: Brief Version
A brief version of the author's well-known history of mathematics text.
On Triangles, by Regiomontanus
On Triangles, by Regiomontanus (Johannes M�ller) (1436-1476), written in 1464 but not published until 1533.
Milestones of Mathematics
Two posters illustrating the major milestones in the history of mathematics, from the first ideas of "number" to the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
Proportionality in Similar Triangles: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

A comparison of the Greek and Chinese approach to the idea of similarity.

A Plague of Ratios

The story of Nicolaus Mercator, music, and logarithms.

Student Reports: A Rewarding Undertaking

Some ideas on using student reports when you teach a course in the history of mathematics

On the Run

A certain slave fled from Milan to Naples going 1/10 of the whole journey each day. At the beginning of the third day, his master sent a slave after him and this slave went 1/7 of the whole journey each day.

Who's That Mathematician? Images from the Paul R. Halmos Photograph Collection
Page 11: Dantzig to Dieudonne
Thomas Simpson and Maxima and Minima

Simpson's methods for finding maxima and minima are explored by using examples from his "Doctrine and Application of Fluxions." Many of his techniques could be used in today's classroom.

Galileo's Geometrical Compass
This is the title page of the 1640 printing of Galileo's Operation of the Geometrical and Military Compass, originally published privately in 1606. Galileo had invented a version of this geometrical compass a few years earlier and evidently gave copies of this manual to those who bought the compass. The compass had many uses, from performing square root calculations to determining ranges of cannons to solving surveying problems.

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