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=== Educational material === * [http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/ MacTutor History of Mathematics archive] (John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson; University of St Andrews, Scotland). An award-winning website containing detailed biographies on many historical and contemporary mathematicians, as well as information on notable curves and various topics in the history of mathematics. * [http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/ History of Mathematics Home Page] ([[David E. Joyce (mathematician)|David E. Joyce]]; Clark University). Articles on various topics in the history of mathematics with an extensive bibliography. * [http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/ The History of Mathematics] (David R. Wilkins; Trinity College, Dublin). Collections of material on the mathematics between the 17th and 19th century. * [http://jeff560.tripod.com/mathword.html Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics] (Jeff Miller). Contains information on the earliest known uses of terms used in mathematics. * [http://jeff560.tripod.com/mathsym.html Earliest Uses of Various Mathematical Symbols] (Jeff Miller). Contains information on the history of mathematical notations. * [http://www.economics.soton.ac.uk/staff/aldrich/Mathematical%20Words.htm Mathematical Words: Origins and Sources] (John Aldrich, University of Southampton) Discusses the origins of the modern mathematical word stock. * [http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm Biographies of Women Mathematicians] (Larry Riddle; Agnes Scott College). * [http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/ Mathematicians of the African Diaspora] (Scott W. Williams; University at Buffalo). * [http://fredrickey.info/hm/mini/MinicourseDocuments-09.pdf Notes for MAA minicourse: teaching a course in the history of mathematics. (2009)] ([[V. Frederick Rickey]] & [[Victor J. Katz]]). * [https://www.history-of-physics.com/2017/08/ancient-rome-odometer-of-vitruv.html#:~:text=What%20Was%20the%20Odometer%20of%20Vitruvius.%20The%20Odometer,wheel%20which%20was%20manually%20moved%20along%20by%20hand Ancient Rome: The Odometer Of Vitruv]. Pictorial (moving) re-construction of Vitusius' Roman ododmeter.
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