Mathematics, Measurement and Money THE JOINT LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY/ GRESHAM COLLEGE ANNUAL LECTURE Throughout...
Planes and pacifism: Activities and attitudes of British mathematicians during WWI The First World War was the first time that war...
Discovering Australia: The legend and the reality of the navigator-explorer Matthew Flinders Matthew Flinders is remembered as one of Britain’s greatest navigator-explorers...
Heading for Trouble: The perils of navigation This lecture was a part of the SeaBritrain2005 series of...
Richard Hakluyt: London’s role in navigation and history Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) is famous for his Principal Navigations, intended...
Germs, Genes and Genesis: The History of Infectious Disease Where do infectious diseases come from? Some come from animals...
Topics in the History of Financial Mathematics: Mathematics and Foreign Exchange This is the third part of a study day. It...