The Canadian Society for History
and Philosophy of Mathematics
La Société Canadienne d’Histoire et
de Philosophie des Mathématiques

Links to General Resources in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics

General History Resources:

• History of Mathematics References - PDF list of references compiled by Israel Kleiner
• David Joyce's History of Mathematics Page
• St. Andrews MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
• D. Wilkins' History of Mathematics Page (17th to 19th century, particularly Berkeley, Hamilton, Riemann)
• History of Science in the United States in the 19th Century
• World History of Science - index of online resources

General Philosophy Resources:

• EpistemeLinks: Philosophy Resources on the Internet
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Seminars and Colloquia:

• ARITHMOS: Readings in the History of Mathematics from Original Sources
• Ohio River Early Sources in Mathematical Exposition (ORESME) Reading Group
• Philadelphia Area Seminar on History of Mathematics
• The Frederick V. Pohle Colloquium in the History of Mathematics

Teaching History or Philosophy of Mathematics:

• History of Mathematics with Original Sources
• Teaching with Original Historical Sources in Mathematics
• Learning Discrete Mathematics and Computer Science via Primary Historical Sources

Other Resources by Topic:

• Acoustics: Smithsonian Science Teaching Collection
• Africa: Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (Scott Williams)
• Archimedes: Archimedes page (Chris Rorres)
• Astronomy: History of Astronomy Home Page
• Calendars:
• Calendars, by L. E. Doggett
• Calendars Through the Ages (WebExhibits)
• Babylonian, Jewish, Muslim, Luni-Solar, Indian, and Iranian Calendars
• Computers/Technology:
• History of Computing (J. A. N. Lee)
• A History of Information Technology and Systems
• Mathematical Machines (M. Bussi, site in Italian)
• Constants: Favorite Mathematical Constants
• Curves: National Curve Bank
• Euclid:
• Euclid's Elements Online
• Euclid's Elements: Perseus Digital Library (contains both Heiberg's Greek and Heath's English versions)
• Works of Euclid
• Greek Mathematics: Bibliography and Index to Propositions Used in Pappus' Collection (K. Saito)
• Fermat's Last Theorem: Nova Online: The Proof (Andrew Wiles and Fermat's Last Theorem)
• Galileo:
• The Galileo Project (Rice University)
• The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective
• Hypatia: Hypatia WWW Page (H. Landman)
• Images/Photos of Mathematicians: Images of Mathematicians on Postage Stamps
• Islam: Muslim Scientists, Mathematicians and Astronomers
• Ada Lovelace: Lady Ada Lovelace (biography)
• Lucasian Chair: The Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge
• Museum Exhibits:
• Museum of Mathematics
• Institute and Museum of History of Science in Florence, Italy (now the Museo Galileo)
• Mathematics at the Vatican Exhibit "Rome Reborn"
• Museum of History of Science (Oxford)
• The Geometry of War, 1500-1750
• The Measurers: A Flemish Image of Mathematics in the Sixteenth Century
• The Noble Dane: Images of Tycho Brahe
• Emmy Noether: The Life and Times of Emmy Noether (Nina Byers)
• Quotations: Mathematics Quotations Server
• Triangles: Encylopedia of Triangle Centers
• Statistics: History of Statistics
• Symbols: Earliest Uses of Mathematical Symbols
• Alan Turing: Alan Turing Home Page (Andrew Hodges)
• Women: Biographies of Women Mathematicians (Agnes Scott College)
• Words: Earliest Uses of Some Mathematical Words