Early Mathematics Day: The Archimedes Codex A lecture on the Archimedes Palimpsest, delivered by Professor Reviel...
Early Mathematics Day: Exploring Ancient Greek and Roman Numeracy An examination of the role of numeracy within ancient civilisations...
Faggot’s Fretful Fiasco: The Unsung Geometry of Musical Scales A lecture beginning with the question of why the frets...
Florence Nightingale and her Crimean War Statistics: Lessons for hospital safety, public administration and nursing Professor McDonald will discusses the history and the myth surrounding...
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.
The Mathematics of Evolutionary Biology - Implications for Ethics, Teleology and 'Natural Theology' THE ANNUAL BOYLE LECTURE The Boyle lectures address topics which...
Giant Waves on the Open Sea: Mariners’ tall tales or alarming fact? Cinemagoers will be familiar with the thrill of giant waves...