One of the major sources for this project was A History of Mathematics, written by Carl B. Boyer and revised by Uta C. Merzbach. Here are some other places to find more information. (For more about how to graph, try Joan's pages or Sam's pages. Ask Dr. Math can also help with math questions.)

Greek Maps

Greek Geometry

Middle Ages

Analytic Geometry, Descartes, and Fermat

Newton, Leibniz, and New Notation

Index of Cartographic Images illustrating maps from the Ancient Period: 6,200 B.C. to 400 A.D., J. Siebold

A collection of images of ancient maps and copies or reconstructions of ancient maps.

The history of cartography, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Eratosthenes of Cyrene, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Eratosthenes of Cyrene, from the Technology Museum of Thessaloniki

Hipparchus of Rhodes, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Hipparchus of Rhodes, from the Technology Museum of Thessaloniki

Claudius Ptolemy, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Ptolemy of Alexandria, from the Technology Museum of Thessaloniki

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Mathematics, from Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture, a Library of Congress exhibition

Images of medieval and Renaissance copies of Greek and Roman works of mathematics.

Euclid of Alexandria, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Euclid, from the Technology Museum of Thessaloniki

Apollonius of Perga, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Apollonius of Perga, from the Technology Museum of Thessaloniki

Hypatia of Alexandria, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Hypatia, by Ginny Adair, in the Agnes Scott College Biographies of Women Mathematicians collection

Hypatia, from the Technology Museum of Thessaloniki

Pappus of Alexandria, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Pappus of Alexandria, from the Technology Museum of Thessaloniki

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Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Nicole Oresme, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Nicole Oresme, from the Catholic Encylopedia

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René Descartes, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

René Descartes, AIMS Education

Anecdotes about Descartes, including the myth about the fly.

Pierre de Fermat, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Fermat's Last Theorem, an Ask Dr. Math FAQ

What is the current status of Fermat's Last Theorem? A brief answer, with related links.

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Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics and Earliest Uses of Various Mathematical Symbols, Jeff Miller

Sir Isaac Newton, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Leibniz, by George MacDonald Ross

A biography of Leibniz and a discussion of his achievements in mathematics, logic, philosophy, and theology.

Maria Gaëtana Agnesi, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Maria Gaetana Agnesi, by Elif Unlu, in the Agnes Scott College Biographies of Women Mathematicians collection

Gaspard Monge, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

James Joseph Sylvester, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Florence Nightingale, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Includes a circle-shaped graph that Nightingale used to demonstrate casualties from disease in British army hospitals.

Florence Nightingale, by Cynthia Audain, in the Agnes Scott College Biographies of Women Mathematicians collection

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