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.
Mathematics and the Medici: Instruments from Late Renaissance Florence and a British Connection The 16th-century instruments in the Museum of the History of...
Mathematics, Motion, and Truth: The Earth goes round the Sun The reality of the Earth's motion, as proclaimed by Copernicus...
History from Below: Mathematics, Instruments and Archaeology In recent decades, archaeologists working on sites such as the...
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.
19th-Century Eclipse Expeditions During the late 19th century, British and American organisations such...
Planes and pacifism: Activities and attitudes of British mathematicians during WWI The First World War was the first time that war...
Shaping Mathematical Practices of the Science of the Stars Extant manuscripts, early library catalogues, lists of loans and wills...
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...