Subject Research, Course Guides, Documentation: MTH-056 History of Mathematics: Articles for Use in Course

Reading List: Part One

Alex Bellos, Chapter 0: A Head for Numbers. In Here's Looking at Euclid: A Surprising Excursion Through the Astonishing World of Math. Simon and Schuster, 2010
Annette Imhausen, "Egyptian Mathematics" in Katz, Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India and Islam, 2007
Eleanor Robson, "Mesopotamian Mathematics", op. cit.
Eleanor Robson, Mathematics in Ancient Iraq, pp. 28-53
Asger Aaboe, Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics, Ch. 1, "Babylonian Mathematics"
Stephen Chrisomalis, Numerical Notation: A Comparative History