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This is the title page of the 1599 edition of the Rechenbuch of Simon Jacob (d. 1564), a Rechenmeister of the sixteenth century. This was a commercial arithmetic text, in which the basic laws of arithmetic were applied to many practical problems.

Area Approximation

Fibonacci gave a practical rule for approximating the area of an equilateral triangle.

How Mathematics Happened: The First 50,000 Years

A popular history of ancient mathematics, dealing with the mathematics of ancient Egypt and Babylonia.

Statisticians of the Centuries

Thumbnail sketches of statisticians throughout history.

MAA PREP Workshops

Two MAA PREP Workshops in the History of Mathematics will be offered in June at the MAA Headquarters in Washington, DC.

The Rule of False Position and Geometric Problems

This article contains examples of the use of the rule of false position in the solution of geometric problems as found in the work of Simon Stevin. We discuss the benefits for future teachers and their students.

Servois' 1813 Perpetual Calendar, with an English Translation

An image of the calendar, together with instructions for its use

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.