Topics in the History of Financial Mathematics: The Influence of Amatino Manucci and Luca Pacioli This is the first part of a study day. It...
From Hilbert's problems to the future In 1900 the German mathematician David Hilbert presented the mathematical...
Squaring the circle and other impossibilities We all have our problems! Mathematicians can be divided into...
Planes and pacifism: Activities and attitudes of British mathematicians during WWI The First World War was the first time that war...
An Engine of Commerce? Steam Technology and Global Maritime Trade, 1860-1910: Studies in success and failure The rapid growth in world trade in the 19th century...