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OUTLINES FOR NOTE-TAKING Print this out so that you know what topics to focus on as you take notes. It also serves as the order in which presentations are going to be given. ALSO, you should read over the thread in which you will be presenting so you know what else is being covered and in what order; this will help you as you write your presentation so that it fits the flow and so that you don't duplicate someone else's topic.
1) ONLINE RESOURCES:
Greatest Mathematicians of All Time
The Story of Math: List of Important Mathematicians
History of Math Blog (from Heidi Meyer's sabbatical travels in 2016)
2) BOOKS CONTAINING THE BROAD SWEEP OF MATH HISTORY
Great Feuds in Mathematics: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever by Hal Hellman
A History of Mathematics by Carl B. Boyer
Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers by Jan Gullberg
Agnesi to Zeno: Over 100 Vignettes from the History of Math by Sanderson Smith
Math through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others by Berlinghoff and Gouvea
Great Moments in Mathematics Before 1650 by Howard Eves
Great Moments in Mathematics After 1650 by Howard Eves
PLEASE NOTE that your TEXTBOOK contains short bios and also sections on many historical topics!
3) BOOKS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS OR INDIVIDUAL MATHEMATICIANS
DIOPHANTUS: Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra (Chapter 2 only!!!!) by John Derbyshire
FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM: Fermat's Enigma by Simon Singh
FIBONACCI: The Man of Numbers by Keith Devlin
FIBONACCI: Leonardo and Steve: The Young Genius Who Beat Apple to Market by 800 Years by Keith Devlin
JOHN NAPIER: John Napier: Life, Logarithms, and Legacy by Julian Havil
LEWIS CARROLL: Lewis Caroll in Numberland: His Fantastical Mathematical Logical Life by Robin Wilson
RAYMOND SMULLYAN (LOGIC): The Lady or the Tiger: And Other Logic Puzzles by Raymond Smullyan
RAYMOND SMULLYAN (LOGIC): Satan, Cantor & Infinity by Raymond Smullyan
SOPHIE GERMAIN: Sophie's Diary: A Mathematical Novel (Appendices only!!!!) by Dora Musielak
3) MATHEMATICIANS TO LOOK UP ON YOUTUBE
Grace Hopper (David Letterman interview)
Raymond Smullyan (Johnny Carson interview 1982, piano 2007)
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