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Critics Corner

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

Euler Tercentenary Volumes
Two excellent volumes on Euler in honor of his three hundredth birthday
Multicultural Classroom Posters Sets 1 & 2
Posters illustrating mathematics concepts in such places as China, Japan, India, and the Americas.
Math for Mystics
A book connecting mathematics to mysticism, but not recommended.
Great Moments in Mathematics Before 1650
A collection of short lectures by Howard Eves giving details on 20 important happenings in the history of mathematics before 1650.
Mathematics in India
A survey of over two thousand years of the history of mathematics on the Indian subcontinent.
Gauss: Titan of Science
Reprint of a classic biography of Gauss, with a new forward by Jeremy Gray.
Review of Agora
The movie Agora, about the mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 400 AD), is spectacular and intriguing but Hypatia should be portrayed as the hero she was.
To Infinity and Beyond
A cultural history of the infinite, from ancient to modern times, in which the author clarifies the conceptual underpinnings of this vast topic.
Mathematics and The Historian's Craft
A collection of the Kenneth May lectures in the history of mathematics given at meetings of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics.

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