RichmondCC Library: Mathematics: MAT171 Math and People Project

Useful Databases

Use Credo to research individuals such as Archimedes, Alan Turing, Ada Lovelace, or mathematical concepts.

Science in Context provides information on a variety of mathematics topics as well as mathematics adjacent - chemistry, physics, etc. You can also research individuals on this site.

A biography database of in-depth profiles from Current Biography and World Authors, the periodical coverage of Biography Index, and specialist content from Junior Authors & Illustrators.

A comprehensive collection of full-text biographies on popular and heavily-researched figures.

Useful Websites

Biographies of Women Mathematicians
[This is] an on-going project at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the numerous achievements of women in the field of mathematics. Here you can find biographical essays or comments on the women mathematicians profiled on this site, as well as additional resources about women in mathematics.
MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
We now have biographies of 2680 different mathematicians and continue to add to this at the rate of about 100 a year.

Mathematics

Books to Make You Think

QA 93 .B484 2017

QA 43 .N24 2018

QC 75 .C94 2017

QA 93 .P6725 2018

HA 29 .V75 2019

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