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The following books covered on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ discuss the history of mathematics.
For a comprehensive list of books referenced on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ (and more), see Books.
Books
- 1816: John Taylor: Lilawati: or A Treatise on Arithmetic and Geometry by Bhascara Acharya
- 1817: Henry Thomas Colebrooke: Algebra, with Arithmetic and Mensuration
- 1880 -- 1918: Moritz Cantor: Vorlesungen über Geschichte der Mathematik ("Lectures on the history of mathematics")
- 1884: James Gow: A Short History of Greek Mathematics
- 1890: Karl Fink: Geschichte der Elementarmathematik
- 1893: Haran Chandra Banerji: Colebrooke's Translation of the Lilavati
- 1893: Gino Loria: Le Scienze Esatte Nell' Antica Grecia ("The Exact Sciences in Ancient Greece")
- 1914: Gino Loria: Le Scienze Esatte Nell' Antica Grecia (2nd ed.) ("The Exact Sciences in Ancient Greece")
- 1897: T.L. Heath: The Works of Archimedes
- 1912: Sir Thomas L. Heath: The Method of Archimedes
- 1912: Sir Thomas L. Heath: The Works of Archimedes with the Method of Archimedes
- 1912: Philip E.B. Jourdain: The Nature of Mathematics
- 1912: Rao Bahadur M. Rangacharya: The Ganita-Sara-Sangraha of Mahaviracharya
- 1913: Yoshio Mikami: The Development of Mathematics in China and Japan
- 1921: Sir Thomas Heath: A History of Greek Mathematics
- 1923: T. Eric Peet: The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus
- 1923: D.E. Smith: History of Mathematics: Volume $\text { 1 }$
- 1925: D.E. Smith: History of Mathematics: Volume $\text { 2 }$
- 1928: Florian Cajori: A History of Mathematical Notations: Volume $\text { 1 }$
- 1929: Florian Cajori: A History of Mathematical Notations: Volume $\text { 2 }$
- 1929: Herbert Westren Turnbull: The Great Mathematicians
- 1930: Vera Sanford: A Short History of Mathematics
- 1934: Karl Menninger: Zahlwort und Ziffer
- 1958: Karl Menninger: Zahlwort und Ziffer (revised ed.)
- 1969: Karl Menninger: Number Words and Number Symbols (translation of Zahlwort und Ziffer)
- 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics
- 1940: Eric Temple Bell: The Development of Mathematics
- 1940: Julian Lowell Coolidge: A History of Geometrical Methods
- 1940: G.H. Hardy: Ramanujan
- 1945: O. Neugebauer and A. Sachs: Mathematical Cuneiform Texts
- 1948: Oystein Ore: Number Theory and its History
- 1953: Howard Eves: Introduction to the History of Mathematics
- 1964: Howard Eves: Introduction to the History of Mathematics (revised ed.)
- 1969: Howard Eves: Introduction to the History of Mathematics (3rd ed.)
- 1976: Howard Eves: Introduction to the History of Mathematics (4th ed.)
- 1983: Howard Eves: Introduction to the History of Mathematics (5th ed.)
- 1990: Howard Eves: Introduction to the History of Mathematics (6th ed.)
- 1953: Morris Kline: Mathematics in Western Culture
- 1955: Lancelot Hogben: The Wonderful World of Mathematics
- 1956: James R. Newman: The World of Mathematics
- 1959: P. Dedron and J. Itard: Mathématiques et Mathématiciens (with P. Dedron)
- 1973: P. Dedron and J. Itard: Mathematics and Mathematicians (translated by J.V. Field)
- 1973: P. Dedron and J. Itard: Mathematics and Mathematicians: Volume $\text { 1 }$ (translated by J.V. Field)
- 1973: P. Dedron and J. Itard: Mathematics and Mathematicians: Volume $\text { 2 }$ (translated by J.V. Field)
- 1959: J. Needham: Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 3: Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heaven and the Earth
- 1963: Li Yan and Du Shiran: Chinese Mathematics: A Concise History (original Chinese ed.)
- 1987: Li Yan and Du Shiran: Chinese Mathematics: A Concise History (translated by John N. Crossley and Anthony W.-C. Lun)
- 1965 -- 1968: Henrietta Midonick: The Treasury of Mathematics
- 1969: D.J. Struik: Source Book in Mathematics, 1200-1800
- 1970: Petr Beckmann: A History of Pi
- 1972: Richard J. Gillings: Mathematics in the Time of the Pharaohs
- 1980: Ivor Thomas: Greek Mathematical Works: Thales to Euclid
- 1980: Ivor Thomas: Greek Mathematical Works: Aristarchus to Pappus
- 1981: Howard Eves: Great Moments in Mathematics: Before 1650
- 1985: Paul R. Halmos: I Want To Be a Mathematician: An Automathography
- 1986: J.L. Berggren: Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam
- 1987: John Fauvel and Jeremy Gray: The History of Mathematics: A Reader
- 1990: William Dunham: Journey Through Genius
- 1992: George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems
- 1997: Simon Singh: Fermat's Last Theorem
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Mathematics
- 1999: Robert Kaplan: The Nothing That Is
- 2002: Keith Devlin: The Millennium Problems
- 2002: Karl Sabbagh: Dr. Riemann's Zeros
- 2003: Brian Clegg: A Brief History of Infinity
- 2003: John Derbyshire: Prime Obsession
- 2003: Marcus du Sautoy: The Music of the Primes
- 2005: Stephen Hawking: God Created the Integers
- 2006: Mark Ronan: Symmetry and the Monster
- 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite
- 2008: Robin Wilson: Lewis Carroll in Numberland
- 2017: Ian Stewart: Infinity: A Very Short Introduction