Works consulted for the history-of-mathematics interludes on this site. Citations in the atoms point here in the form (Surname).
- Carl B. Boyer, Uta C. Merzbach — A History of Mathematics. Wiley (2011). General reference history, from the Babylonians to the 20th century. Main source for most interludes.
- Morris Kline — Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times. Oxford University Press (1972). Three volumes: the development of mathematical ideas with strong attention to conceptual context.
- Victor J. Katz — A History of Mathematics: An Introduction. Addison-Wesley (2009). Broad, up-to-date textbook, attentive to non-European mathematics.
- Dirk J. Struik — A Concise History of Mathematics. Dover (1987). Classic compact synthesis.
- William Dunham — Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics. Wiley (1990). The great theorems told as episodes, with original proofs.
- Eric Temple Bell — Men of Mathematics. Simon & Schuster (1937). Biographical (dramatized) portraits of the great mathematicians.
- Reviel Netz — A New History of Greek Mathematics. Cambridge University Press (2022). A modern rereading of Greek mathematics.
- J. L. Berggren — Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam. Springer (2003). Source for al-Khwārizmī, al-Karaji, Omar Khayyām, al-Battānī, al-Tūsī.
- Kim Plofker — Mathematics in India. Princeton University Press (2009). Source for Aryabhata, the Indian origin of the sine, and the numeral system.
- John Stillwell — Mathematics and Its History. Springer (2010). History organized by mathematical theme, with exercises.
- Clifford A. Pickover — The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension. Sterling (2009). 250 milestones, one per page.
- Eli Maor — e: The Story of a Number. Princeton University Press (2007). The story of the number e, compound interest and logarithms.
- Florian Cajori — A History of Mathematical Notations. Open Court (1928). Canonical source on the origin of mathematical symbols (+, −, =, ×, exponents).
- Stephen M. Stigler — The History of Statistics: The Measurement of Uncertainty before 1900. Harvard University Press (1986). Source for de Moivre, Gauss, Laplace, Quételet, Galton and the normal curve.
- Bruno D’Amore — Arte e matematica / Dante e la matematica. Italian popular works on mathematics, art and culture.
- Lucio Russo — La rivoluzione dimenticata. Feltrinelli. On Hellenistic science.
Dates in parentheses indicate the edition consulted. Citations are at author-and-work level; no page numbers are given.