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History from Below: Mathematics, Instruments and Archaeology

In recent decades, archaeologists working on sites such as the...

With the invention of printing, mathematical writings became widely available...

Arabic mathematicians embraced the mathematics of Ancient Greece and India...

Dava Sobel talked about her latest book 'The Planets' in...

How can we distinguish between 'easy problems' and 'hard problems'...

Prime numbers form the building blocks of arithmetic. But if...

The conception of 'nothing' has played a crucial role in...

This lecture, looking at both art and science, explores the...

One year on from the launch of Beagle 2, former...

The concept of zero developed in many cultures over thousands...