Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.
19th-Century Eclipse Expeditions During the late 19th century, British and American organisations such...
Faggot’s Fretful Fiasco: The Unsung Geometry of Musical Scales A lecture beginning with the question of why the frets...
Shaping Mathematical Practices of the Science of the Stars Extant manuscripts, early library catalogues, lists of loans and wills...
Victorian Era Astronomy: On Land and in the Skies In the late 19th-century, astronomical research could be practical, using...
The Mathematical Life of Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale is the founder of modern nursing and a...
Time for a Change: Introducing irreversible time in economics An exploration of the remarkable consequences of using Boltzmann's 1870s...
Computers and the Future What can we learn from the first seven decades of our cyber enabled world that will help us to design the best future for ourselves and our children?
Geometry: A New Weapon in the Fight Against Viruses The Joint London Mathematical Society/Gresham College Annual Lecture Viruses like...