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History from Below: Mathematics, Instruments and Archaeology

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

Who invented the equals sign?

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

Who invented algebra?

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

How hard is a hard problem?

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

Prime-time mathematics

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

Much ado about zero

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

Here’s looking at Euclid

It is often argued that mathematics as we know it...

Keep taking the tablets

Many thousands of surviving mathematical clay tablets provide much information...

Better programming

This series of Geometry Lectures looks at all aspects of...

Computer Circles