Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Tanton J., 2005.
Encyclopedia of Mathematics contains more than 800 entries arranged in alphabetical order. The aim of the historical notes, culture-specific articles, and the biographical portraits included as entries, apart from providing historical context, is to bring a sense of the joy that mathematics has brought people in the past. The back matter of this text contains a timeline listing major accomplishments throughout the historical development of mathematics, a list of current mathematics organizations of interest to students and teachers, and a bibliography.