History of Mathematics (MMath) (58 books)

MMath book lists:
00: General Mathematics *
01: History of Mathematics *
03: Logic and Set Theory *
05: Combinatorics and Graph Theory *
06: Order and Lattices
08: General Algebra *
11: Number Theory *
12: Field Theory
13: Commutative Algebra
14: Algebraic Geometry *
15: Linear Algebra *
16: Noncommutative Rings
17: Lie Algebras
18: Category Theory *
19: K-Theory
20: Group Theory *
22: Lie Groups *
26: Real Analysis *
28: Measure and Integration *
30: Complex Analysis *
31: Potential Theory
32: Several Complex Variables
33: Special Functions
34: Ordinary Differential Equations
35: Partial Differential Equations *
37: Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory
39: Difference Equations
40: Sequences and Series
41: Approximation Theory
42: Harmonic Analysis *
43: Abstract Harmonic Analysis
44: Integral Transforms
45: Integral Equations
46: Functional Analysis *
47: Operator Theory
49: Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control
51: Geometry *
52: Convex Geometry and Discrete Geometry
53: Differential Geometry *
54: General Topology *
55: Algebraic Topology *
57: Manifolds and Cell Complexes
58: Analysis on Manifolds *
60: Probability and Stochastic Processes *
62: Statistics and Statistical Learning *
65: Numerical Methods *
68: Theoretical Computer Science *
70: Classical Mechanics *
74: Mechanics of Deformable Solids
76: Fluid Dynamics
78: Electrodynamics
80: Thermal Physics
81: Quantum Physics *
82: Statistical Physics *
83: Relativity and Gravitation *
85: Astrophysics
86: Geophysics
90: Operational Research
91: Game Theory, Economics, Finance
92: Mathematical Biology
93: Control and Systems Theory
94: Information Theory and Communication *
97: Mathematics Education *

* indicates a significant topic in undergraduate mathematics

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1	Proofs from THE BOOK by Martin Aigner 4.40 avg rating — 867 ratings score: 559, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Euclid's Elements by Euclid 4.32 avg rating — 3,365 ratings score: 557, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Mathematics and Its History by John Stillwell 4.34 avg rating — 217 ratings score: 435, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	A History of Mathematics (3rd Edition) by Victor J. Katz 4.29 avg rating — 58 ratings score: 426, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Works of Archimedes (Dover Books on Mathematics) by Archimedes 4.25 avg rating — 291 ratings score: 371, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Euler: The Master of Us All by William Dunham 4.39 avg rating — 399 ratings score: 357, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Mathematical Circles: Russian Experience (Mathematical World, Vol. 7) by Dmitri Fomin 4.64 avg rating — 182 ratings score: 345, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Thirteen Books of the Elements, Books 3 - 9 by Euclid 4.41 avg rating — 150 ratings score: 329, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam: A Sourcebook by Annette Imhausen (Contributor) 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 291, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Gödel's Proof by James R. Newman 4.19 avg rating — 5,551 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Isaac Newton 4.24 avg rating — 4,812 ratings score: 284, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	A History of Mathematics by Uta C. Merzbach 4.09 avg rating — 1,050 ratings score: 281, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Frege: Basic Laws of Arithmetic by Gottlob Frege (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Mathematics From The Birth Of Numbers by Jan Gullberg 4.19 avg rating — 593 ratings score: 277, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	My Brain is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdős by Bruce Schechter 4.21 avg rating — 620 ratings score: 276, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Adventures of a Mathematician by Stanislaw M. Ulam 4.09 avg rating — 472 ratings score: 273, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	I Want to be a Mathematician: An Automathography by Paul R. Halmos 4.19 avg rating — 287 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Principia Mathematica (3 Volume Set) by Alfred North Whitehead 3.98 avg rating — 213 ratings score: 270, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	A Course of Pure Mathematics by G.H. Hardy 4.21 avg rating — 184 ratings score: 269, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	An Introduction to Mathematics (Galaxy Books) by Alfred North Whitehead 3.90 avg rating — 207 ratings score: 264, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Frege Reader by Gottlob Frege 4.08 avg rating — 170 ratings score: 263, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Essays on the Theory of Numbers (Dover Books on Mathematics) by Richard Dedekind 4.15 avg rating — 170 ratings score: 262, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	A Short Account of the History of Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) by W.W. Rouse Ball 3.40 avg rating — 179 ratings score: 261, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Hilbert by Constance Bowman Reid 4.25 avg rating — 173 ratings score: 258, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra (Dover Books on Mathematics) by Jacob Klein 4.49 avg rating — 81 ratings score: 239, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Elements of Algebra by Leonhard Euler 4.35 avg rating — 82 ratings score: 234, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Disquisitiones Arithmeticae by Carl Friedrich Gauß 4.46 avg rating — 54 ratings score: 227, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Contributions to the Founding of the Theory of Transfinite Numbers (Dover Books on Mathematics) by Georg Cantor 4.40 avg rating — 73 ratings score: 224, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	From Frege to Gödel: A Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879-1931 by Jean Van Heijenoort 4.60 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 224, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Elements of Mathematics: From Euclid to Gödel by John Stillwell 4.31 avg rating — 72 ratings score: 223, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Georg Cantor: His Mathematics and Philosophy of the Infinite by Joseph Warren Dauben 4.25 avg rating — 59 ratings score: 222, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Indra's Pearls: The Vision of Felix Klein by David Mumford 4.40 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 221, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Newton's Principia for the Common Reader by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar 4.40 avg rating — 47 ratings score: 218, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Masters of Theory: Cambridge and the Rise of Mathematical Physics by Andrew Warwick 4.37 avg rating — 41 ratings score: 207, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics, Cambridge 1939 by Ludwig Wittgenstein 4.27 avg rating — 145 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	A Treatise on Probability by John Maynard Keynes 4.09 avg rating — 116 ratings score: 154, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Mathematical Logic by Willard Van Orman Quine 4.08 avg rating — 75 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Apprenticeship of a Mathematician by André Weil 3.95 avg rating — 96 ratings score: 150, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Honors Class by Ben Yandell 4.11 avg rating — 76 ratings score: 148, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truths of Mathematics by John Stillwell 4.18 avg rating — 68 ratings score: 144, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	S. Ramanujan: The Mathematical Genius by Dilip M. Salwi 4.19 avg rating — 59 ratings score: 142, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Reverse Mathematics: Proofs from the Inside Out by John Stillwell 4.20 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 126, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	A History of Greek Mathematics, Vol. 1: From Thales to Euclid by Thomas Little Heath 4.09 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 122, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Littlewood's Miscellany by Béla Bollobás 3.73 avg rating — 45 ratings score: 118, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry by Fukagawa Hidetoshi 4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 116, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	A Survey of Modern Algebra by Garrett Birkhoff 4.12 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 114, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	A Mathematician Grappling with His Century by Laurent Schwartz 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 112, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Computability: Turing, Gödel, Church, and Beyond by B. Jack Copeland (editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 110, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Elements of the History of Mathematics by Nicolas Bourbaki 4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 106, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	A History of Mathematical Notations (Dover Books on Mathematics) by Florian Cajori 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 104, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics by George Gheverghese Joseph 3.91 avg rating — 108 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Exact Sciences in Antiquity by Otto Neugebauer 4.12 avg rating — 72 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Mathematics in Ancient Egypt: A Contextual History by Annette Imhausen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Mathematics in Ancient Iraq: A Social History by Eleanor Robson 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Redefining Geometrical Exactness: Descartes' Transformation of the Early Modern Concept of Construction by Henk J. M. Bos G. J. (EDT) Toomer H. J. M. Bos 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Taming the Unknown: A History of Algebra from Antiquity to the Early Twentieth Century by Victor J. Katz 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Doctrine of Triangles: A History of Modern Trigonometry by Glen van Brummelen 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Mathematics in India by Kim Plofker 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars