Keep taking the tablets

Many thousands of surviving mathematical clay tablets provide much information about Mesopotamian mathematics - but what mathematics did they do, and why is it relevant to us today? In contrast, although the Egyptian pyramids provide us with an impressive primary source, only a handful of mathematical papyri survive. What do they contain, and what influence did they have?

This event was on Wed, 06 Oct 2004

Professor Robin Wilson

Professor Robin Wilson

Professor of Geometry

Professor Robin Wilson is Emeritus Gresham Professor of Geometry, Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University, and a former Fellow of Keble College, Oxford University.

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