MATH308: Historical Development of Mathematical Concepts and Ideas

This guide was created to provide students who are taking MATH308 Historical Development of Mathematical Concepts and Ideas with a place to begin their research.

These reference sources may help you find good information for this class. This guide is by no means comprehensive; rather, it is intended to serve as a starting point for your research and assignments. For further assistance, contact William Simpson, the subject librarian for mathematics.

Monthly essays on mathematical topics published by AMS columnists.

Image by Scott Carter -- USA Mathematics Faculty Member

Women's History Month - profiles of the first graduating class of women mathematicians from Princeton and twenty-seven contemporary women in math.  Published in Notices of the AMS.

Black History Month - This month, Notices of the AMS celebrates 10 decades of Black mathematicians, making contributions to a range of research in the mathematical sciences.