Whither the Public Lecture? Gresham College has been delivering public lectures since 1597 through...
Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times Shakespeare lived in a period of exciting mathematical innovations –...
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special...
Solving the Ancient Camel Puzzle: A 3,500-Year-Old Mathematical Trick A sheikh's will leaves behind 17 camels to be divided...
Plato's Cave: Thinking about Climate Change In The Republic, Plato explores the predicament of the Cave...
Experts in politics: Lessons from Socrates and Aristotle Socrates sought to test the expertise of everyone around him...
Logarithms: Mobile Phones, Modelling & Statistics? Logarithms were perhaps once thought of as just an old-fashioned...
How to Prove 1=0, And Other Maths Illusions In this lecture I will show you some mathematical illusions...
Democracy: Ancient Models, Modern Challenges Demokratia is the power (kratos) of the people (demos). But...
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