History of mathematics

Past History of mathematics Lectures

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Thursday 3 November 2011

Évariste Galois was born 200 years ago and died aged 20, shot in a...

Wednesday 19 October 2011

A lecture to mark the publication of Robin Wilson and Raymond Flood's new book.  Mathematics pervades our daily lives.  Our...

Friday 6 May 2011

A look at the history of early mathematics, where fundamental...

Thursday 10 March 2011

Proofs are important not just for developing critical reasoning, and...

Thursday 4 November 2010

And first, the fair PARABOLA behold, Her timid arms with virgin...

Monday 2 November 2009

The reality of the Earth's motion, as proclaimed by Copernicus,...

Thursday 27 November 2008

The 16th-century instruments in the Museum of the History of Science in Florence provide one of the most attractive records of...

Thursday 3 July 2008

Robin Wilson's new book (published by Penguin) is a celebration of one of the nineteenth century's most gifted minds, whose writings...

Wednesday 14 May 2008

400 years of geometry at Gresham College given by Henry Briggs (1561 - 1631) Henry Briggs was the first Gresham Professor of Geometry....

Friday 25 April 2008

The event looks at the development of mathematics in a commercial and financial context. Starting with early commerce, through to the...

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