Mathematics & Statistics
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People & Organizations
U of A Department of Mathematics faculty
Check out the areas of interest of the UA Math faculty, including some links to personal homepages.
MATHEMATICS PRIZEWINNERS
Prizes, Awards, and Honors for Women Mathematicians
Includes prizes, awards, and offices given to women--see if you can guess if there have been any female Nobel prizewinners of mathematics!
American Mathematical Society Prizes and Awards
BIOGRAPHIES
MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Extensive compilation of biographies indexed alphabetically or chronologically. Also includes history topics, famous curves index, quotations and a math glossary.
Index of Biographies
Searchable alphabetized and chronological lists of biographies of mathematicians and scientists
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
In depth biographies of women in math including references, photographs and additional notes of interest readings.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Index to biographical dictionaries, subject encyclopedias, literary criticism, other indexes.
Biography Reference Bank
Biography Reference Bank contains narrative profiles of over a half million people. Included are the original profiles of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated (covering many print volumes of biographical reference books published by H. W. Wilson and others, including all volumes of Current Biography), combined with thorough periodicals coverage of Biography Index and full text articles, page images, and abstracts from the complete range of Wilson databases.
Print Biographical Sources available at the UA Science-Engineering Library
Biographical Dictionary of Mathematics QA28.B534 1991 Science Ref.
Features a collection of all of the originally published essays on mathematicians from the 14-volume Dictionary of Scientific Biography and Supplements I and II.
Women of Mathematics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook QA28.W66 1987 Science Ref.
Contains 43 essays on women mathematicians, as viewed as being exceptions, pioneers, and in the mainstream of the times they lived.
American Men and Women of Science Q141.A47 Science Ref.
Profiles U.S.mathematicians who have made significant contributions in their fields.
A Historical Catalogue of Scientists and Scientific Books from the Earliest Times to the Close of the Modern Century Q141.G38 1984 Science Ref.
Lists alphabetically and chronologically the biographical information of 13,300 people who had significant roles in the development of science. Also features different kinds of scientific literature, including textbooks,
ASSOCIATIONS
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Founded in 1888 to further mathematical research and scholarship, the AMS currently has over 30,000 members worldwide.
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
The mission of this Institute is to close the gap between mathematical theory and its applications.
The Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
Since 1915, this organization's main purpose has been to advance the mathematical sciences, especially in higher education.
The National Council of Teachers in Mathematics (NCTM)
Dedicated to provide vision and leadership to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics.
Math Scholarly Societies and Associations
Electronic access to many global associations and societies in mathematics.