Explore European math from the 12th- to the 14th-century. Meet Gherard of Cremona, Adelard of Bath, Fibonacci, Jordanus, and Oresme.
Describes the importance of mathematics in ancient India and the appearance in the Rig Veda of Indian Beez Ganit, to be called in Arabic al-Jabr.
Math professor Donald Allen offers this overview of the origins of mathematics. Follow the numbers from the primitive to the modern system.
Read about how ancient Greek mathematics texts were revived during the late Middle Ages and helped bring about the beginning of the Renaissance.
Offers a comprehensive history of mathematics, from its ancient roots through the Greek, Arabic, and Enlightenment periods, to the modern day.