Christopher Wren & Oliver Cromwell: The 1657 Appointment of Wren as Gresham Professor of Astronomy Of all the august and admirable Gresham Professors, Christopher Wren...
Victorian Era Astronomy: On Land and in the Skies In the late 19th-century, astronomical research could be practical, using...
The Mathematics of Evolutionary Biology - Implications for Ethics, Teleology and 'Natural Theology' THE ANNUAL BOYLE LECTURE The Boyle lectures address topics which...
Hanna Neumann: A Mathematician in Difficult Times THE 2015 BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS /...
The Mathematical Life of Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale is the founder of modern nursing and a...
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The Secret Mathematicians From composers to painters, writers to choreographers, the mathematician’s palette...
Wren, Hooke and Willis: Divine geometry and natural design The status of geometry with respect to the natural world...