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Critics Corner

Reviews of books, websites, poster sets, movies, and other resources for learning and teaching the history of mathematics.

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.
Unknown Quantity; A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra
A history of algebra from its early beginnings to the twentieth century.
Historical Topics for the Mathematics Classroom
This 1989 revision of the 1969 NCTM yearbook still provides wonderful suggestions for using the history of mathematics in the classroom.
The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000 Year History
A survey of this theorem's 4000 year history, with applications to many fields.
Archimedes: What Did He Do Besides Cry Eureka?
Archimedes' work, The Method, explained, along with many other important ideas of the great Greek geometer.
Tools of American Mathematics Teaching, 1800-2000
A survey of the use of technology in American mathematics teaching over the past 200 years.
The Mystery of Numbers
A journey through numbers from their earliest beginning in India to the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem by Wiles.
Discovering the Beauty of Science - Historic Texts at the Huntington Library
A math history class visits the 'Beautiful Science' exhibit at the Huntington Library in Southern California.
Historical Modules
A CD with eleven modules, each containing numerous activities designed to help secondary teachers use the history of mathematics to teach mathematics.

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