History of Mathematics: Bibliographic Aids and Digital Collections
Contains background information, major areas of research focused on chronological, geographical or thematic fields. Includes important books, journals and databases in the Linda Hall Library collections. Also mentions our History of Science Collection.
Historians of mathematics are very fortunate in having a single two-volume guide to the entire field, written at a very high scholarly level by renowned specialists and featuring general and specialized bibliographic information on most of the periods and thematic fields of current interest.
The following article offers a useful resource to translators of Greek mathematics by providing a guide to lexical and syntactic analysis of the expressions used in classical Greek Mathematics: Acerbi, Fabio. (2011). The language of the "givens": Its forms and its use as a deductive tool in Greek mathematics. Archive for History of Exact Sciences 65 (2) 119-153.