Mathematics in War and Peace - Stories about Mathematicians Killed in WW1 As a commemoration of the end of the First World War, the event will focus on the theme of mathematics in war and peacetime.
Mathematics in the 20th century: Chaos, codes and colouring What is the Mandelbrot set? How can prime numbers protect...
Mathematics and the Metropolis: A Survey of Victorian London The Victorian period was a time of massive change for...
Topics in the History of Financial Mathematics: History of Optimization This is the second part of a study day. It...
Mathematics in the modern age - The 18th century: Crossing bridges What shape is the Earth? How do strings vibrate? Can...
1,000 Years of Mathematics: Henry Briggs Professor of Geometry Robin Wilson appears in costume as Henry...
Early Mathematics Day: The Archimedes Codex A lecture on the Archimedes Palimpsest, delivered by Professor Reviel...
Mathematics, Motion, and Truth: The Earth goes round the Sun The reality of the Earth's motion, as proclaimed by Copernicus...
Mathematics and the Medici: Instruments from Late Renaissance Florence and a British Connection The 16th-century instruments in the Museum of the History of...
History from Below: Mathematics, Instruments and Archaeology In recent decades, archaeologists working on sites such as the...