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The celestial geometry of John Flamsteed: Mapping the heavens from 17th century Greenwich

During his 46 years as Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed elevated...

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...

Two thousand years of London Bridge

The fascinating story of all the bridges that have been...

Here’s looking at Euclid

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

The Jacobean Space Programme - Wings, springs and gunpowder: flying to the moon from 17th century England

An expert in the history of science, Allan Chapman is...

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

Mathematics and the Metropolis: A Survey of Victorian London

The Victorian period was a time of massive change for...