Created and maintained by John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson of the University of St. Andrews, this site contains a cornucopia of materials related to the history of mathematics and well-known mathematicians...

The Mathematical Association of America presents MathDL, an online collection providing a space for the MAA community to share research and learning materials. The site includes a math dictionary, recent news, MAA...

Linked essay describing the history of Calculus from the Greeks through Newton and Leibniz, with 28 references (books/articles).

Linked essay sketching trigonometry from its beginnings out of the early correspondence between astronomy and mathematics through the 18th century, with 17 references (books/articles). Influential thinkers addressed...

Does knowing about Descartes help students understand the Cartesian coordinate system? Will teaching students the origin of the term parabola help them understand the mathematical importance of parabolas and other...