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A general mathematics website with much information on the history of mathematics.

The dimensions of a rectangular box in inches are expressed by three consecutive numbers. The surface of the box is 292 square inches. Find the dimensions.

Who's That Mathematician? Images from the Paul R. Halmos Photograph Collection

Page 6: Images from the Paul Halmos Photo Collection of Abram Besicovitch, R. H. Bing, Burton W. Jones, Garrett Birkhoff, Abolghassem Ghaffari, Errett Bishop, and Max Black

A Discourse Concerning Algebra

A study of the rise of English algebra from the Medieval period to the end of the seventeenth century.

Leonhard Euler's Calculus of Variations

This is the title page of the first textbook in the calculus of variations, Leonhard Euler's Method of Finding Curved Lines that Show some Property of Maximum or Minimum. It was published in 1744.

Benjamin Banneker

Poster of Banneker, with a brief description of his life and work.

Numbers at Work: A Cultural Perspective

Essays on how number has been critical to the work of scientists through the ages.

Can You Really Derive Conic Formulae from a Cone?

As is the case with a great deal of interesting mathematics, the conic sections are believed to have been discovered in an attempt to solve a problem, a problem which on the surface seems to have nothing to do with conic sections.

Euler Squares

An elementary introduction to Euler squares and how they can be used in teacher training

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.