The Mathematics of Musical Composition Pattern and structure are essential to music, from the permutations in a Bach fugue, to the structure of a round.
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Mathematics and the Medici: Instruments from Late Renaissance Florence and a British Connection The 16th-century instruments in the Museum of the History of...
Early Mathematics Day: Exploring Ancient Greek and Roman Numeracy An examination of the role of numeracy within ancient civilisations...
The Mathematical Life of Sir Christopher Wren Christopher Wren, who died 300 years ago this year, is...
Planes and pacifism: Activities and attitudes of British mathematicians during WWI The First World War was the first time that war...
Public Key Cryptography: Secrecy in Public For centuries massive intellectual effort has gone into methods of...
Alan Turing: The Founder of Computer Science Professor Jonathan Bowen reflects on the brilliant work and tragic...
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.