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This is the title page to Rene Descartes' Treatise on Method, with its three famous essays on Dioptrics, Meteorology, and Geometry. The third essay contains Descartes' treatment of analytic geometry as well as his theory of equations and his rule for finding the normal to a given curve.

Beyond the Call of Duty

Given a guest on horseback rides 300 li in a day. The guest leaves his clothes behind. The host discovers them after 1/3 day, and he starts out with the clothes.

The Unique Effects of Including History in College Algebra

Using the history of mathematics in a college algebra class has had significant positive effects on student learning.

Famous Problems and Their Mathematicians

This resource consists of a series of 61 worksheets, each focused on a particular problem and related to a particular historical mathematical personality.

Who Is Tartaglia Really?

In many sources, we see that Tartaglia has the surname Fontana. According to the author of this article, the co-discoverer of the cubic formula did not ever use that name.

Negative Math

The story of the negative numbers

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

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Architecture and Mathematics in Ancient Egypt

A study of the nature of architecture in ancient Egypt and its relationship to Egyptian mathematics.

Albrecht Durer's Treatise on Mensuration

This is the page illustrating the construction of an ellipse, from the Latin translation (1538) of the Treatise on Mensuration of Albrecht D�rer (1471-1528). This book was originally written in German and published in 1525 and was designed to teach German artists the geometrical ideas on which perspective in painting was based.

Readings in the History of Mathematics Education

This collection of readings gives details on the history of mathematics education in the U.S. from 1828 to 1959.