University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: History of Mathematics
Short selections from W. W. Rouse Ball's "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics," most of which are biographies that focus on the mathematician's work. The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or...
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Brook Taylor
This University of St. Andrews page offers an excellent biography on Brook Taylor, an English mathematician and physicist (1685-1731.) Discusses his life and his contributions to these academic fields.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Exploring Taylor's Integrals
In this activity, the students will learn the use of Taylor's polynomials to integrate functions that are not easily integrated by hand. They learn this by completing a series of calculations that vary from integrating to finding a...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Taylor Series
This page from Mathworld.com contains extremely in-depth information about the Taylor series and its derivation. Definitely not for the beginner, but contains an excellent proof.
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College: Brook Taylor (1685 1731)
Discusses the mathematical achievements of Brook Taylor. Includes some biographical information.