University of Toronto Mississauga
MAT392H5S: Ideas of Mathematics, winter 2011-12.
Resources
- Highly recommended:
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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics. Ed.: Timothy Gowers.
- Anthologies
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The World of Mathematics. Ed.: James R. Newman.
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Mathematics: People, Problems, Results.
Ed.: Douglas Campbell and John C. Higgins.
- Mathematics
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What is Mathematics? Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins.
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Mathematics: its Content, Methods, and Meaning.
Ed.: A. D. Aleksandrov, A. N. Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev.
- Proofs
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Euclid's Elements. The Thomas L. Heath Translation.
Ed.: Dana Densmore. Publ: Green Lion Press.
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Euclid's Elements on David Joyce's website.
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Proofs from the Book, Martin Aigner and Gunter M. Ziegler.
- People and history
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A History of Mathematics: an Introduction. Victor J. Katz.
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MacTutor Math History Topics, Univ. of St.Andrews
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Men of Mathematids. Eric Temple Bell.
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Women in Mathematics, L. M. Osen.
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Mathematical People: Profiles and Interviews.
Ed.: D. J. Albers and G. L. Alexanderon.
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More Mathematical People: contemporary conversations.
Ed.: D. J. Albers, G. L. Alexanderon, and C. Reid.
- Fun Topics
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Nature and Power of Mathematics, Donald M. Davis.
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The Mathematical Experience. P. J. Davis and R. Hersh.
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Mathematics, the New Golden Age. Keith Devlin.
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Mathematics, the Science of Patterns. Keith Devlin.
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The Colossal Book of Mathematics, Martin Gardner.
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Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, George Polya.
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Excursions in Modern Mathematics, Peter Tannenbaum.
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Isaac Newton institute for Mathematical Sciences,
Maths Posters and explanations
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MAA Online Columns
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AMS Feature Column
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Dimension -- short videos.
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The Geometry Junkyard
- Writing
Library catalogue
MathSciNet