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Who's That Mathematician? Images from the Paul R. Halmos Photograph Collection
Page 7, Who's That Mathematician: Images from the Paul R. Halmos Photograph Collection: Blackwell, Halmos, Boas, Bollobas, Bombieri, Mumford, Bonsall, Rankin
Musings of the Masters

Essays on various aspects of mathematical thought by prominent mathematicians of the past century.

Omar Khayyam's Algebra
This is a page from a manuscript of the Algebra (Maqalah fi al-jabra wa-al muqabalah) of Omar Khayyam (1048-1131). This work is known for its solution of the various cases of the cubic equation by finding the intersections of appropriately chosen conic sections.
Remarkable Mathematicians

A collection of biographies of sixty mathematicians from the eighteenth century to the twentieth.

Episodes in the History of Geometry through Models in Dynamic Geometry

Four episodes in the history of geometry are discussed, where dynamic geometry helps in understanding the ideas.

Circular Images
Circular Images
A Concise History of Mathematics

The classic work by Dirk Struik is still worth reading, especially for its attention to the social context of the development of mathematical ideas.

The Square Root of 2

A wonderful book about the square root of 2, beginning with the search for the side of a square double a given square.

Mathematical Treasure: Mesopotamian Accounting Tokens

Mesopotamian accounting evolved from simple clay token counters to a number-recording system that included impressions of these tokens on clay tablets.

Euler's Investigations on the Roots of Equations

This is a translation of and discussion of an article of Leonhard Euler in which he attempts to prove the fundamental theorem of algebra. In addition, he discusses in detail his understanding of the nature of complex numbers.

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