Resources

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Selected Texts

  1. Prime Evolution: An interview with Matthew R. Watkins, the curator of Number Theory & Physics archive. From the journal Collapse. ( Even though the file is downloadable for free, please consider donating.)   
  2. Birds & Frogs, by Freeman Dyson (PDF), the essay that inspired ZetaTrek. 
  3. Mathematics, Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence: a dialogue with Gian-Carlo Rota and David Sharp (PDF) 
  4. We Do Not Choose Mathematics As Our Profession, It Chooses Us: an interview with Yuri Manin by Mikhail Gelfand ( PDF)
  5. Mathematics in The Age of The Turing Machine: Thomas C. Hales, this is a sweeping review over 40 pages on the role of computers in mathematical research. 

Large Archives

  1. MAA Writing Awards:pdf copies of the articles that have won MAA journal writing awards over the years. Categorized by varying levels of difficulty. 
  2. Number Theory & Physics archive by M. Watkins, with a focus on the latest relationships being established between the two fields. 
  3. MathOverflow : community of mathematicians who engage in 'emergent peer-review'. 
  4. Quantum History Project, the evolution of the quantum under the microscope. 
  5. PhilSci Archive: philosophy of science preprints, including some history. 
  6. Historical surveys at arxiv in physics and math