Mathematics and the Medici: Instruments from Late Renaissance Florence and a British Connection The 16th-century instruments in the Museum of the History of...
Bach’s Invention: The Divine Trickery of J.S. Bach Behind the sublime precision and expressive power of Bach’s music...
The Mathematical Life of Sir Christopher Wren Christopher Wren, who died 300 years ago this year, is...
Faggot’s Fretful Fiasco: The Unsung Geometry of Musical Scales A lecture beginning with the question of why the frets...
Mathematical Journeys into Fictional Worlds Literary satire has long used mathematical concepts to reinforce its points.
Florence Nightingale and her Crimean War Statistics: Lessons for hospital safety, public administration and nursing Professor McDonald will discusses the history and the myth surrounding...
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special...
Mathematical Structure in Fiction Mathematical concepts have often been used to create new structural forms in fiction, as in the works of Raymond Queneau and Jorge Luis Borges.
The Secret Mathematicians From composers to painters, writers to choreographers, the mathematician’s palette...