Planes and pacifism: Activities and attitudes of British mathematicians during WWI The First World War was the first time that war...
Mathematical Journeys into Fictional Worlds Literary satire has long used mathematical concepts to reinforce its points.
Alan Turing: The Founder of Computer Science Professor Jonathan Bowen reflects on the brilliant work and tragic...
The Mathematics of Evolutionary Biology - Implications for Ethics, Teleology and 'Natural Theology' THE ANNUAL BOYLE LECTURE The Boyle lectures address topics which...
Time for a Change: Introducing irreversible time in economics An exploration of the remarkable consequences of using Boltzmann's 1870s...
Mathematical Structure in Fiction Mathematical concepts have often been used to create new structural forms in fiction, as in the works of Raymond Queneau and Jorge Luis Borges.
Computers and the Future What can we learn from the first seven decades of our cyber enabled world that will help us to design the best future for ourselves and our children?
Networks: The Internet and Beyond Networks were seen as a rather arcane and dull area in computer science. Then along came the internet, and everything changed for ever.
The World of Isaac Newton This illustrated lecture will cover Newton's life and his mathematical and scientific labours in the context of 17th-century England.
The Grand Narrative of the History of Computing A discussion of the core concepts of modern computing and...