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History from Below: Mathematics, Instruments and Archaeology In recent decades, archaeologists working on sites such as the...
Early Mathematics Day: Exploring Ancient Greek and Roman Numeracy An examination of the role of numeracy within ancient civilisations...
Solving the Ancient Camel Puzzle: A 3,500-Year-Old Mathematical Trick A sheikh's will leaves behind 17 camels to be divided...
The Mathematical Life of Sir Christopher Wren Christopher Wren, who died 300 years ago this year, is...
Public Key Cryptography: Secrecy in Public For centuries massive intellectual effort has gone into methods of...
Christopher Wren & Oliver Cromwell: The 1657 Appointment of Wren as Gresham Professor of Astronomy Of all the august and admirable Gresham Professors, Christopher Wren...
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.