The Mathematics of Musical Composition Pattern and structure are essential to music, from the permutations in a Bach fugue, to the structure of a round.
Mathematics in War and Peace - Euler's Work on Ballistics As a commemoration of the end of the First World War, the event will focus on the theme of mathematics in war and peacetime.
Can maths catch criminals and bring them to justice? Mathematical techinques lie at the heart of modern forensic methods...
Mathematics, Motion, and Truth: The Earth goes round the Sun The reality of the Earth's motion, as proclaimed by Copernicus...
The Mathematics of Evolutionary Biology - Implications for Ethics, Teleology and 'Natural Theology' THE ANNUAL BOYLE LECTURE The Boyle lectures address topics which...
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.
The Movement of Ponytails, Ships and the Millennium Bridge A question from the lecture 'Leonardo, Rapunzel and the Mathematics...
19th-Century Eclipse Expeditions During the late 19th century, British and American organisations such...
Planes and pacifism: Activities and attitudes of British mathematicians during WWI The First World War was the first time that war...
Shaping Mathematical Practices of the Science of the Stars Extant manuscripts, early library catalogues, lists of loans and wills...