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Mathematics & Mathematicians Resources

Books, Magazines, Journals & Reference Tools, Internet Sites

Ref          Ferris, Timothy, ed. The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy and
500.2       Mathematics
WOR

Ref         Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia (2 vols.)
503 Van

Ref          Porter, Roy. The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists
509.2 BIO

Ref          Concise Dictionary of Scientific Biography
509.2 Con

Ref         Yount, Lisa. A – Z of Women in Science and Math
509.2 YOU

Ref          Baker, C.C.T. Dictionary of Mathematics
510.3 BAK

Ref          Weisstein, Eric W. CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics
510.3 WEI

Ref         Young, Robyn, V., ed. Notable Mathematicians From Ancient
510.922   Times to the Present
NOT

Non Fiction Books in the Anderson Library at OCC

509         Boas, Marie. The Science Renaissance: 1450-1630
BOA

509          Singer, Charles. A History of Scientific Ideas
SIN

509.04      Holton, Gerald, ed. The Twentieth Century Sciences
TWE

509.3       Teresi, Dick. Lost Discoveries
Ter

510         Aleksandrov, A.D. & A.N. Kolmogorov. Mathematics: Its
MAT        Content, Methods and Meaning (3 vols.; name index only)

510          Myers, Nancy. The Math Book
MYE

510.82     Midonich, Henrietta O. The Treasury of Mathematics
TRE

510.9       Hogben, Lancelot. Mathematics in the Making
HOG

510.9       Kline, Morris. Mathematical Thought: from Ancient to
KLI          Modern Times (3 vols.)

510.92     Bell, E.T. Men of Mathematics: the Lives and Achievements
BELL        of the Great Mathematicians from Zeno to Poincare

510.92     Muir, Jane. Of Men and Numbers
MUI

510.922    Albers, Donald J. & C.L. Alexanderson, eds.
MAT         Mathematics People: Profiles and Interviews

510.922    Perl, Teri. Math Equals. Biographies of Women
PER          Mathematicians + Related Activities

510.93     Waerden, D.L. Van Der. Science Awakening
WAE

511.1       Menninger, Karl. Number Words and Number Symbols
MEN

512.708    Asimov, Isaac. Asimov on Numbers
ASI

512.81     Keedy, Mervin L. Number Systems: A Modern Introduction
KEE

Magazines, Journals & Reference Tools
http://www.iecc.edu/occ/lrc

AccessScience
http://www.accessscience.com/
Click on Mathematics in the list of topics, then on biographies on the right side of the page.

Britannica Online (In school use only)
http://search.eb.com
Type a name, keyword, or phrase into the search bar and receive an overview, description
of a theory or symbol, visual examples, and links to more information.

EbscoHost
http://search.ebscohost.com
Type the name of a person, a keyword or phrase into the search bar and find a contemporary
discussion in a journal or magazine about your topic.

Internet Sites -- Mathematicians

About.com Mathematicians
http://math.about.com/cs/mathematicians/
Links to biographies of mathematicians

allmath.com
http://www.allmath.com/biography.php
Biographies of mathematicians and scientists

Biography Index
http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html
Biographies of mathematicians and scientists

Biographies of Women Mathematicians
http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/women/women.htm
Information about women mathematicians and their achievements

MacTutor History of Mathematics Archives
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
Biographies of mathematicians and scientists

Internet Sites -- Mathematics

Earliest Uses of Various Mathematical Symbols
http://members.aol.com/Jeff570/mathsym.html
Various mathematical symbols, when and where they appeared, and who used them first

History of Mathematics by David E. Joyce at Clark University http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/mathhist.html
Sections include Web Resources, Regional Mathematics, Subjects, Timelines, and much more
maintained by David E. Joyce, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Clark University.

Math Archives: Topics in Mathematics
http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/
Access information via a topics list or search by keyword.

The Math Forum @ Drexel: Fractals
http://mathforum.org/library/topics/fractals/
An annotated list of resources from the Drexel University Math Forum

MathSearch
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/index/mathsearch.html
“.. search a collection of over 200,000 documents on English-language mathematics and
statistics servers across the Web.”

Mendel’s Model of Inheritance
http://mac122.icu.ac.jp/gen-ed/mendel.html
Early theories, models, vocabulary and diagrams

The Prime Pages:
http://primes.utm.edu/
Prime number research, records and resources
Largest known primes, links to prime resources, list of primes and more
by Dr. Chis Caldwell in the Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics at the
University of Tennessee at Martin, TN

Probability of Inheritance
http://anthro.palomar.edu/mendel/mendel_2.htm
Clear explanation of Mendel’s probability using the Punnett Square