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John Graunt's Bills of Mortality: Panel Discussion

A Grauntian Perspective on Contemporary British Mortality

Mortality Past and Present: John Graunt's Bills of Mortality - Introduction

An introduction to the conference marking the 350th anniversary of the...

Time for a Change: Introducing irreversible time in economics

An exploration of the remarkable consequences of using Boltzmann's 1870s...

English Architecture and the First World War

The First World War had a devastating effect on Britain...

Iain Macleod and Decolonisation

Iain Macleod was, with Joseph Chamberlain, one of two great...

Polynomials and their Roots

We are familiar with the formula for solving a quadratic...

James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was one of the most important...

Peter Guthrie Tait: A Knot's Tale

Peter Guthrie Tait (1831 - 1901) was significantly less famous...

Lord Kelvin and the French 'F' Word: The Greatest Victorian Scientist?

Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the...